Awendung tales "Hundes and Flǣsces Motes" of Caxtone.

Se þe wille ōðerra menna gōd tō habbenne oft hē his āgengōd forlǣte, forþām Æsope ūs swilċe tale sæġþ. On ġeardagum wæs hund þone brycge oferfōr, and on his mūðe flǣsces mot hēold. And swā hē þā brycge oferfōr, swā hē behēold and se scūa his and his flǣsces motes innan þæt wætere sēah. And he wēnde þæt hit ōðer flǣsces mot sceolde bēon. Þǣrrihte hē þōhte hit tō onfōnne. And swā hē his mūþ opennode, swā fēoll þæt flǣsces mot innan wæter. And þus forlēt hē hit. Īlċe swā is maniġes, for þā hīe ōðer tō forstelenne þenċen,  þā forlǣten hīe heora āgen and ān gōd. Þonne ne forlǣten menn for þinges īdelum luste þæt þe ġewiss is.