The She-Goats[23] having obtained of Jupiter the favour of a beard, the He-Goats, full of concern, began to be indignant that the females rivalled them in their dignity. “Suffer them,” said {the God}, “to enjoy their empty honours, and to use the badge that belongs to your rank, so long as they are not sharers in your courage.” This Fable teaches you to bear that those who are inferior to you in merit should be like you in outside appearances. [Footnote IV.22: _Began to prevail_)--Ver. 9. The remainder of this Fable is lost. It is supposed to have been torn out of the MS. of the writings of Phædrus by some pious monk, who, objecting to the following Fable, destroyed the leaf which contained the latter part of the present one, as well as some part of the next. Orellius considers the lines ending with “obscœnitas” as the fragment of a Fable distinct from the succeeding lines.] [Footnote IV.23: _The She-Goats_)--Ver. 1. This Fable is thought by some to bear reference to the interference of Livia in affairs of state.] FABLE XVI. THE PILOT AND THE MARINERS. On a certain man complaining of his {adverse} fortune, Æsop, for the purpose of consoling him, invented {this Fable}. A ship which had been tossed by a fierce tempest (while the passengers were all in tears, and filled with apprehensions of death) on the day suddenly changing to a serene aspect, began to be borne along in safety upon the buoyant waves, and to inspire the mariners with an excess of gladness. On this, the Pilot, who had been rendered wise by experience, {remarked}: “We ought to be moderate in our joy, and to complain with caution; for the whole of life is a mixture of grief and joy.” FABLE XVII. THE EMBASSY OF THE DOGS TO JUPITER.