INTRODUCTION XXxl

other fables, possibly as old as those, have
been rescued by the Medieval Satirist from the
Folk and woven cunningly into the narrative.
And amidst it all he will remember that, while
the story-teller was relating the shifts by which
Reynard overcame Noble, Isengrim, and Bruin,
he was, as often as not, pointing the sly finger
of scorn at the Lawyer, the Squire, or the
Parson of the Parish.