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ringe with that mad noyſe. The Foxe hearing the ſounde of thys yll fauored noyſe ranne quickly to hide himfelſe in hys hole, where he lurcked ſtill till the noyſe was gone : which was ſuch, that it feared the Pullen, and ſcared him from his pray. One day this Foxe being on the ſide of a hill, hearde againe this fearefull noyſe of belles, and lifting up his heade to looke about him, there he ſawe theſe bleſſed Moyles comming with their belles, and laughing to himſelf, was aſhamed of his ſimplicitie. The ſame ſaye I vnto your Maieſtie, that my opinion is, that this your Maieſties feare is ſuch a like fantaſie : and bicauſe your Grace ſhould be informed with ſpeede of this matter (aſſuring your Grace to kepe your griefe ſecret) I doe offer my ſelfe, if it ſtande with your pleaſure to goe abrode into the Countrye, and to diſcouer the thing vnto you. And ſo ſoone as I ſhall haue knowledge of the beaſt and of his qualitie, I will forthwith aduertiſe your Maieſtie howe it ſtandeth, what the matter is, and how this geare goth about. And you mail know it euen as it is, I will not miſſe a iotte, leaft you ſhould be informed contrarie of ſome timorous beaſt, taking one thing for another. Therefore I beſech you ſir comfort yourſelf, and let him alone that knoweth it: and thus he tooke his leaue, andtrotted

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