The History of Reynard the Fox
Translated by William Caxton
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The opening
^oto tlje Ipon Rgnge of alle tjestls gent out f)is mannementis tbat alle deestis sftolDe come to f)is feest ano court capitulo primo
T was aboute the tyrne of penthecoste or whytsontyde/that the wodes comynly be lusty and gladsom / And the trees clad with leuys and blossoms and the ground with herbesandflowris swete smellyng and also the fowles and byrdes syngen melodyously in theyr armonye/That the lyon the noble kynge of all beestis wolde in the holy dayes of thys feest holde on open Court at stade/whyche he dyde to knowe ouer alle in his lande / And commanded by strayte conmyssyons and maundements that euery beest shold come thyder/in suche wyse that alle the beestis grete and smale cam to the courte sauf reynard the fox /for he knewe hym self lawty and gylty in many thynges ayenst many beestis that thyder sholde comen that he durste not auenture to goo thyder /whan the kynge of alle beestis had assemblid alle his court /ther was none of them alle / but that he had complayned sore on Reynart the foxe*
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- William Caxton's English translation, copied word for word.
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- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 4 places
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 2 places
- Google's notice on its scan, its 'Digitized by' stamps and specks on blank leaves (22 blocks)
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
- Arber's Bibliography (20 blocks)
- A preface, foreword or afterword
- The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
- Other material that isn't the author's, in 2 places
- Google's 'Digitized by Google' stamp (230 blocks)
- Arber's margin date 'June 1481.' on every page (105 blocks)
- Printer's sheet signature ('Eng. Sch. Lib. No. 1. 3', '3*') (11 blocks)