Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 84
as your counsel at this present mayreturn me double benefit. Alas, cousin, could hisMajesty find no meaner a messenger than your nobleself to employ in these trivial afeirs ? Truly it appearsstrange to me, especially since, next his royal self, youare of greatest renown both in blood and riches.… … At Last He Came in the Likeness of a Hermit, andBrought Me a Letter to Read. Reynard the Fox 63 very much distempered, and swelleth as if it wouldbreak. Alas, dear cousin, said the bear, what meat isthat which maketh you so ill ? Uncle, answered he, what will it profit you toknow ? the meat was…
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