Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/27

en ayen that it is not good to ete with his lord / ne to the poure it is not good to have and dyuyyon with hym which is ryche & myghty / wherof Eope reherceth uche a fable / The cowe / the gote & the heep went a huntyng & chae / with the lyon and toke a  / And whanne they cake / [came] to haue theyr parte / the lyon ayd to them / My lordes I you wete / that the fyrt part is myn by caue I am your lord / the econd by caue / I am tronger than ye be / the thyrd / by caue I ranne more wifter than ye dyd / and who o ever toucheth the fourthe parte / he hall be myn mortal enemy / And thus he took for hym elfe alone the herte / And therfore this fable techeth to al folk / that the poure ought not to hold felauhip with the myghty / For the myghty man is neuer feythfull to the poure