Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/104

  gyder / but the wulues kyld the dogges / whiche were capytayns and protectours of the heep / And the dogges dyde but lytyll hurte to the wulues / wherfore whanne the lytyl and yong wulues were growen in theyr age / they came of eche part and countrey / and aembled them to gyder / and all of one accord and wylle ayd to theyr auncetres and faders / we mut ete vp alle the heep / And theyr faders anuerd thus to them / we haue made pees with them / Neuertheles the yonge wolues brake the pees and ranne vpon the heep / and theyr faders wente after them /   ¶ And thus by caue that the heep had delyuerd the dogges to the wolues / the whiche were theyr capitayns / and that they had none that kepte them / they were all eten and deuoured of the wulues / Therfore hit is good to kepe well his capytayne / whiche may at a nede gyue ocor and helpe / For a trewe frend is oftyme better at a nede than a / For yf the heep had kepte the loue of the dogges / the wolues had neuer deuoured them / wherfore it is a ure thynge to kepe wel the loue of his protectour and good frende