Ce dist dou leu e dou aignel, qui beveient a un rossel: li lox a lo sorse beveit e li aigniaus aval esteit. irieement parla li lus ki mult esteit cuntralius; par mautalent palla a lui: 'tu m'as,' dist il, 'fet grant anui.' li aignez li ad respundu 'sire, eh quei?' 'dunc ne veis tu? tu m'as ci ceste aigue tourblee: n'en puis beivre ma saolee. autresi m'en irai, ce crei, cum jeo ving, tut murant de sei.' li aignelez adunc respunt 'sire, ja bevez vus amunt: de vus me vient kankes j'ai beu.' 'qoi,' fist li lox, 'maldis me tu?' l'aigneus respunt 'n'en ai voleir.' lous li dit 'jeo sai de veir: ce meisme me fist tes pere a ceste surce u od lui ere, or ad sis meis, si cum jeo crei.' 'qu'en retraiez,' feit il, 'sor mei? n'ere pas nez, si cum jeo cuit.' 'e cei pur ce,' li lus a dit: 'ja me fais tu ore cuntraire e chose ke tu ne deiz faire.' dunc prist li lox l'engnel petit, as denz l'estrangle, si l'ocit. _Moralite._ Ci funt li riche robeur, li vesconte e li jugeur, de ceus k'il unt en lur justise. fausse aqoison par cuveitise truevent assez pur eus cunfundre. suvent les funt as plaiz semundre, la char lur tolent e la pel, si cum li lox fist a l'aingnel. FOOTNOTES: [60] The first collection of Fabliaux was published by Barbazan in 1756. This was re-edited by Meon in 1808, and reinforced by the same author with a fresh collection in 1823. Meanwhile Le Grand d'Aussy had (1774-1781) given extracts, abstracts, and translations into modern French of many of them. Jubinal, Robert, and others enriched the collection further, and in vol. xxiii. of the _Histoire Litteraire_ M. V. Le Clerc published an excellent study of the subject. A complete collection of Fabliaux has, however, only recently been attempted, by M. M. A. de Montaiglon and G. Raynaud (6 vols., Paris, 1872-1888). [61] _Fabliau_ is, of course, the Latin _fabula_. The genealogy of the word is _fabula_, _fabella_, _fabel_, _fable_, _fablel_, _fableau_, _fabliau_. All these last five forms exist. [62] It should be noticed that this title, though consecrated by usage, is a misnomer. It should be _Roman_ de _Renart_, for this latter is a proper name. The class name is _goupil_ (vulpes). The standard edition is that of Meon (4 vols., Paris, 1826) with the supplement of Chabaille, 1835. This includes not merely the _Ancien Renart_, but the _Couronnement_ and _Renart le Nouvel_. _Renart le Contrefait_ has never been printed. Rothe (Paris, 1845) and Wolf (Vienna, 1861) have given the best accounts of it. Recently M. Ernest Martin has given a new critical edition of the _Ancien Renart_ (3 vols., Strasburg and Paris, 1882-1887).