Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/34

  & the poure rat wit not whyther he hold goo ne flee / But hyd hym behynd the dore with grete fere and drede / and the bouteler turned ageyne and awe hym not / And whan he was gone the fatte rat cam out of his cauerne or hole / and called the poure ratte / whiche yet was hakynge for fere / and aid to hym / come hyder and be not / & ete as moche as thou wylt / And the poure rat ayd to hym / for goddes loue lete me go oute of this celer / For I haue better ete ome corne in the feldes and lyue urely / than to be ever in this torment / for thou arte here in grete doubte & lyuet not urely / And therfore hit is good to lyue pourely & urely   For the poure lyueth more urely than the ryche