Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/50



Ho that putte and ubmytteth hym elf vnder the aue gard or protection of the euylle / thou oughtet to wete & knowe / that whan he aketh & demanded ayde & helpe / he geteth none /   ¶ Wherof Eope reherceth to vs uche a fable / Of the douues whiche demaunded a for to be theyr kynge / for to kepe them fro the kyte or mylan / And whanne the perehawke was maade kynge ouer them / he beganne to deuoure them / the whiche columbes or douues ayd amonge them / that better it were to them to uffre of the kyte than to be vnder the ubjection of the perehawke / & to be martyred as we be / but therof we be wel worthy / For we oure elf ben caue of this mechyef / And therfore whanne men done ony thyng / men ought well to loke and conydere of hit / For he dothe prudently and wyely whiche taketh good hede to the ende