Aesop's Fables: Caxton (1484)
Avyan 3. Of the two Creuysses
(Perry 322)
He whiche wyll teche and lerne some other / ought first to corryge &
examyne hym self / as it appereth by this fable of a creuysse / whiche
wold haue chastysed her owne doughter bicause that she wente not wel ryght
/ And sayd to her in this manere / My doughter / hit pleaseth me not that
thow goost thus backward / For euylle myght wel therof come to the / And
thenne the doughter sayd to her moder My moder I shalle go ryght and forward
with a good will but ye must goo before for to shewe to me the waye /
But the moder coude none other wyse goo / than after her kynd / wherfore
her doughter sayd vnto her / My moder fyrst lerne your self for to goo
ryght and forward / and thenne ye shalle teche me
And therfore he that wylle teche other / ought to shewe good ensample
/ For grete shame is to the doctour whanne his owne coulpe or faulte accuseth
hym
 Caxton
published his edition of Aesop's fables in 1484. There are modern reprints by
Joseph Jacobs (D. Nutt: London, 1889) and more recently by Robert Lenaghan (Harvard
University Press: Cambridge, 1967). Lenaghan's edition is available at amazon.com.
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