Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/265



Rabe of Lucanye ayd to his one in this maner / My one beware & loke that the formyce be not more prudent or wyer / than thy elf / the whiche gadreth & aembleth to gyder in the omer all that to her nedeth to haue in the wynter / and beware that thow lepe no lenger / than the Cocke doth the whiche watcheth and waketh atte matyns tyme / and that he be not wyer and more age than thy elf / the whiche rewleth and gouerneth wel ix hennes / but hit uffyeth wel / that thow rewle and gouerne one wel / And alo that the dogge be not more noble than thy elf / the whiche forgeteth neuer the good whiche is done to hym / but euer he remembryth it /   ¶ Item my one uppoe it not a lytyll thynge to haue a good Frend but doubte not to haue a thowand frendes / ¶ And whanne A rabe wold deye / he demaunded of his one / My one how many good frendes hast thow / And his one anwerd to hym / My fader I haue as I uppoe an honderd frendes /