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Aesop's Fables: Caxton (1484)

Some selected Latin texts from Steinhowel's Aesop are also available on these pages (from the "Extravagantes" fables in Books 5 and 6.

Caxton 1.1. Of the Cok and of the precious stone
Caxton 1.2. Of the wulf and of the lambe
Caxton 1.3. Of the rat / and of the frogge
Caxton 1.4. Of the dogge and of the sheep
Caxton 1.5. Of the dogge and of the pyece of flessh
Caxton 1.6. Of the lyon and of the cowe / of the goote and of the sheep
Caxton 1.7. Of the theef and of the sonne
Caxton 1.8. Of the wulf and of the crane
Caxton 1.9. Of the two bytches
Caxton 1.10. Of the man and of the serpent
Caxton 1.11. Of the lyon and of the asse
Caxton 1.12. Of the two rats
Caxton 1.13. Of the Egle and of the foxe
Caxton 1.14. Of the Egle whiche bare a nutte in his becke and of the rauen
Caxton 1.15. Of the rauen and of the foxe
Caxton 1.16. Of the lyon / of the wyld bore / of the bole & of the asse
Caxton 1.17. Of the asse and of the yong dogge
Caxton 1.18. Of the lyon and of the rat /
Caxton 1.19. Of the mylan whiche was seke and of his moder
Caxton 1.20. Of the swalowe / and other byrdes

Caxton 2.1. Of the frogges and of Iupyter
Caxton 2.2. Of the Columbes or douues of the kyte and of the sperehawke /
Caxton 2.3. Of the theef and of the dogge
Caxton 2.4. Of the sowe and of the wulf
Caxton 2.5. Of the Montayn whiche shoke
Caxton 2.6. Of the wulf and of the lambe
Caxton 2.7. Of the old dogge and of his mayster
Caxton 2.8. Of the hares and of the frogges
Caxton 2.9. Of the wulf and of the kydde
Caxton 2.10. Of the good man and of the serpente
Caxton 2.11. Of the herte / of the sheep & of the wulf
Caxton 2.12. Of the balled man / and of the flye /
Caxton 2.13. Of the foxe and of the storke
Caxton 2.14. Of the wulf and of the dede mans hede
Caxton 2.15. Of the Iaye and of the pecok
Caxton 2.16. Of the mule and of the flye
Caxton 2.17. Of the ante and of the flye
Caxton 2.18. Of the wulf / of the foxe / and of the ape
Caxton 2.19. Of the man and of the wesel
Caxton 2.20. Of the Oxe / and of the frogge / whiche wold haue compared her to hym

Caxton 3.1. Of the lyon / & of the pastour or herdman
Caxton 3.2. Of the lyon and of the hors
Caxton 3.3. Of the asse / of the hors / & of theyr fortune
Caxton 3.4. Of the beestes and of the birdes
Caxton 3.5. Of the nyghtyngale and of the sperehawke /
Caxton 3.6. Of the foxe and of the wulf
Caxton 3.7. Of the herte and of the hunter
Caxton 3.8. Of Iuno / of Venus / and of the other wymmen
Caxton 3.9. Of the knyght and of the wydowe
Caxton 3.10. Of the yonge man / and of the comyn woman
Caxton 3.11. Of the fader and of the euylle sone /
Caxton 3.12. Of the serpent
Caxton 3.13. Of the wulues and of the sheep
Caxton 3.14. Of the man and of the wood
Caxton 3.15. Of the wulf and of the dogge
Caxton 3.16. Of the handes / of the feet / & of the mans bely
Caxton 3.17. Of the Ape and of the foxe
Caxton 3.18. Of the Marchaunt and of the asse
Caxton 3.19. Of the herte and of the oxe
Caxton 3.20. Of the fallace of the lyon / And of his conuersacion

Caxton 4.1. Of the foxe and of the raysyns
Caxton 4.2. Of the auncyent wesel and of the rat /
Caxton 4.3. Of the wulf and of the sheepherd and of the hunter
Caxton 4.4. Of Iuno the goddesse and of the pecok and of the nyghtyngale
Caxton 4.5. Of the panthere and of the vylayns
Caxton 4.6. Of the bochers and of the whethers
Caxton 4.7. Of the fawkoner and of the byrdes
Caxton 4.8. Of the trewe man / of the man lyer / and of the apes
Caxton 4.9. Of the hors / of the hunter and of the hert /
Caxton 4.10. Of the asse and of the lyon
Caxton 4.11. Of the hawke and of other byrdes /
Caxton 4.12. Of the foxe / and of the lyon
Caxton 4.13. Of the asse / and of the wulf
Caxton 4.14. Of the hedgehogge and of thre lytyl kyddes
Caxton 4.15. Of the man and of the lyon /
Caxton 4.16. Of the camel / and of the flee
Caxton 4.17. Of the Ant and of the sygale
Caxton 4.18. Of the pylgrym and of the swerd /
Caxton 4.19. Of the sheep and of the Crowe
Caxton 4.20. Of the tree and of the reed /

Caxton 5.1. Of the Mulet / of the foxe / and of the wulf Fabula prima de mulo, vulpe et lupo.
Caxton 5.2. Of the bore and of the wulf Fabula ii de verre, agnis et lupo.
Caxton 5.3. Of the foxe and of the cocke / Fabula iii de vulpe et gallo.
Caxton 5.4. Of the dragon and of the kerle Fabula iv de dracone et villano.
Caxton 5.5. Of the foxe and of the catte Fabula v de vulpe et catto.
Caxton 5.6. Of the hegoote and of the wulf Fabula vi de lupo et hirco.
Caxton 5.7. Of the wulf and of the asse Fabula vii de lupo et asino.
Caxton 5.8. Of the serpent and of the labourer Fabula viii de serpente et agricola.
Caxton 5.9. Of the foxe / of the wulf / and of the Lyon Fabula ix de vulpe et lupo, piscatore et leone.
Caxton 5.10. Of the wulf whiche made a fart / Fabula x de lupo pedente.
Caxton 5.11. Of the enuyous dogge Fabula xi de cane invido.
Caxton 5.12. Of the wulf and of the hongry dogge / Fabula xii de lupo et cane famelico.
Caxton 5.13. Of the fader and of his thre children ...
Caxton 5.14. Of the wulf and of the foxe Fabula xiv de vulpe et lupo.
Caxton 5.15. Of the dogge / of the wulf and of the whether Fabula xv de cane, lupo et ariete.
Caxton 5.16. Of the man / of the lyon & of his sone Fabula xvi de homuncione, leone et eius filis.
Caxton 5.17. Of the knyght and of the seruaunt / the whiche fond the Foxe / Fabula xvii de milite, vulpe et armigero.
   
Caxton 6.1. Of the Egle and of the rauen Fabula prima de aquila et corvo.
Caxton 6.2. Of the egle and of the wesel Fabula ii de aquila et scabrone.
Caxton 6.3. Of the foxe and of the gote Fabula iii de vulpe et hirco.
Caxton 6.4. Of the catte and of the chyken Fabula iv de catto et gallo.
Caxton 6.5. Of the Foxe and of the busshe Fabula v de vulpe et rubo.
Caxton 6.6. Of the man and of the god of the wodes ...
Caxton 6.7. Of a fyssher ...
Caxton 6.8. Of the catte and of the rat Fabula viii de muribus et catto.
Caxton 6.9. Of the labourer and of the pyelarge Fabula ix de agricola et pelargo.
Caxton 6.10. Of the child / whiche kepte the sheep ...
Caxton 6.11. Of the ante and of the columbe Fabula xi de formica et columba.
Caxton 6.12. Of the Bee and of Iupiter Fabula xii de ape et Iove.
Caxton 6.13. Of a carpenter ...
Caxton 6.14. Of the yonge theef and of his moder ...
Caxton 6.15. Of the flee and of the man Fabula xv de pulice.
Caxton 6.16. Of the husbond and of his two wyues ...
Caxton 6.17. Of the labourer and of his children ...

Caxton Avyan 1. Of the old woman and of the wulf
Caxton Avyan 2. Of the tortose and of the other byrdes
Caxton Avyan 3. Of the two Creuysses
Caxton Avyan 4. Of the asse / and of the skynne of the Lyon
Caxton Avyan 5. Of the frogge and of the Foxe
Caxton Avyan 6. Of the two dogges
Caxton Avyan 7. Of the camel and of Iupiter
Caxton Avyan 8. Of the two felawes
Caxton Avyan 9. Of the two pottes
Caxton Avyan 10. Of the lyon and of the boole
Caxton Avyan 11. Of the ape and of his sone
Caxton Avyan 12. Of the crane and of the pecok
Caxton Avyan 13. Of the hunter and of the tygre
Caxton Avyan 14. Of the four oxen
Caxton Avyan 15. Of the busshe / and of the aubyer tree
Caxton Avyan 16. Of the fyssher and of the lytyl fysshe
Caxton Avyan 17. Of Phebus / of the Auarycious / and of the enuyous
Caxton Avyan 18. Of the theef / and of the child whiche wepte
Caxton Avyan 19. Of thy lyon and of the gote
Caxton Avyan 20. Of the crowe whiche was a thurst
Caxton Avayn 21. Of the vylayne and of the yonge bole /
Caxton Avyan 22. Of the viator or palmer and of the Satyre
Caxton Avyan 23. Of the oxe and of the rat
Caxton Avyan 24. Of the goos and of her lord
Caxton Avyan 25. Of the ape and of his two children
Caxton Avyan 26. Of the wynd and of therthen pot
Caxton Avyan 27. Of the wulf and of the lambe


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.