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Page 22
... Aesopic fables and the fables of Bidpai . Some of the Aesopic fables had been translated into English as early as the twelfth century ; but the great German collection , compiled about 1480 by Heinrich Stainhöwel , was introduced into ...
... Aesopic fables and the fables of Bidpai . Some of the Aesopic fables had been translated into English as early as the twelfth century ; but the great German collection , compiled about 1480 by Heinrich Stainhöwel , was introduced into ...
Page 40
... Aesopic material and popular tradition . In Tarlton's " wit betweene a Bird and a Woodcock , " the names M. Bird and M. Woodcock are indicative of the char- acters of the main persons in the story . In another story , How Tarlton fought ...
... Aesopic material and popular tradition . In Tarlton's " wit betweene a Bird and a Woodcock , " the names M. Bird and M. Woodcock are indicative of the char- acters of the main persons in the story . In another story , How Tarlton fought ...
Page 67
... Aesopic fable of the crow and the fox is told to show how grasping landlords in league with crafty lawyers fleeced poor ten- ants . The crow represents the tenant , who , being involved in law- suits , " prooueth a dawe [ i.e. , a dupe ] ...
... Aesopic fable of the crow and the fox is told to show how grasping landlords in league with crafty lawyers fleeced poor ten- ants . The crow represents the tenant , who , being involved in law- suits , " prooueth a dawe [ i.e. , a dupe ] ...
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