Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/183

  thenne emblant to renne after me / and lete thy elf falle that thow cant not ouertake me / for lack and of mete / whiche maketh the o feble / And thus whanne the heepherd halle ee that thow mayt not haue the lambe fro me by caue of the grete feblenee and debylyte of thy lene body / he hell telle to thy lord that thow myghtet not the lambe / by caue that thow arte o ore / and by this means thow halt haue mete thy bely ful / ¶ The dogge thenne acorded this with the wulf / and eche of them made and dyde as aboue is ayd / ¶ And whane the heep herd awe the dogge falle / uposed wel / that honger was a caue of it   Forthe whiche caue whanne one of the heep herdes came home he told hit to his mayter / And whan the mayter vndertood hit / he ayd as a man for hame / I wylle that fro hens forthon he haue ynough / ¶ And thenne euery daye the ayd dogge hadde oppes of brede / and of drye breed he hadde ynough / ¶ Thenne the dogge toke trengthe/ and vygour ageyne / ¶ It happed within a lytyl whyle after / that the wulf came ageyne to the dogge / and ayd to hym / I perceyue wel / that I gaf to the good counceylle / And the dogge ayd to the wulf / My broder thow fayt / wherfore I thanke the moche / For of hit I hadde grete nede /