Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/103



Hanne men haue a good / and a good defenour / or a good Capitayne / men oughte not to hym / for he that leueth hym repenteth hym after ward of hit / as to vs reherceth this fable / Of the heep whiche had and decencion with the wolues / And by caue that the wulues made to tronge werre ageynt the heep / the hepe thenne tooke for theyr help the dogges / and the alo / And thenne was the bataylle of the heep o grete and o tronge / & fought o vygorouly ageynt the wolues that they put them to flyȝt   ¶ And whanne the wolues awe the trengthe of theyr adueraryes / they ent an ambaade toward the heep for to trete the pees with them / the whiche Ambaade ayd to the heep in this maner / yf ye wylle gyue us the dogges / we halle were vnto yow oure feythe / that we halle neuer kepe ne hold werre ageynt yow / And the heep anuerd / yf ye wylle gyue vs your fayth / we halle be content / And thus they made pees to gyder /