Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/262



E that omtyme men depreyen / may wel helpe omme other / as hit appereth by this Fable of an Ape / whiche had two children / of the whiche he hated the one / & loued the other / whiche he toke in his armes / and with hym fled before the dogges / And whanne the other awe / that his moder lefte hym behynde / he ranne and lepte on her back / And by caue that the lytyl ape whiche the he ape held in her armes empeched her to flee / he lete hit falle to the erthe / And the other whiche the moder hated held fat and was aued / the whiche from thens forthon kyed and embraced his moder / he thenne beganne to loue hym wherfore many tymes it happeth / that that thynge whiche is depreyed / is better than that thynge whiche is loued and preyed / For omtyme the children whiche ben preyed and loued / done good than they whiche ben depreyed and hated