Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/263



e that ouer moche enhaunceth hym elf / ooner than he wold / he falleth doune / as hit appereth by this fable / Of an erthen pot maker whiche made a grete pot of erthe / the whiche he dyd ette in the onne / by caue that more urely hit hold haue ben dryed / Ageynte the whiche came and blewe a grete wynd / And whanne the wynd awe the potte he demaunded of hym / who arte thow / And the pot anuerd to hym / I am a potte the bet made that men can fynde / & none may lette ne empeche me / And how ayd the wynde / thow art yet al lote / and hat neyther vertue ne none force / and by caue I knowe wel thy ouer pryde / I hall breke the / and putte the in to pyeces / to thende / that thow of thy grete pryde mayt haue knowlege / And therfore the feble ought to meke and humble hym elf and obeye to his lord / and not to hym more than he ought / to thende / he falleth not from hyhe to lowe