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<p>1 revision</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{header2<br /> | title = The Merchant and the Ass<br /> | author = Aesop<br /> | section = <br /> | previous = [[Aesop&#039;s Fables]]<br /> | next = <br /> | notes = Translated by [[Author:William Caxton|William Caxton]] (1484)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Of the Marchaunt and of the asse<br /> <br /> Many one ben trauaylled after theyr dethe / wherfor men ought not to desyre the dethe / As reherceth Esope by this fable / Of a marchaunt whiche ladde an Asse laden vnto the market / And for to be the sooner at the market / he bete his asse / and sore prycked hym / wherfor the poure asse wysshed &amp; desyred his owne deth / wenyng to hym that after his dethe he shold be in reste / And after that he had be wel bete &amp; chaced he deyde / And his mayster made hym to be flayne / and of his skynne he dyd doo make tambours whiche ben euer bete /<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;And thus for what payne that men may haue durynge his lyf / he ought not to desyre and wysshe his dethe / For many one ben / whiche haue grete payne in this world that shall haue a gretter in the other world / For the man hath no reste for the dethe but for his merytes</div>

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