Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/83



E that is wel fortuned and happy / and is atte vpperet of the whele of fortune / may wel falle doune / And therfore none oughte to depraye the poure / but oughte to thynke how the whele of fortune is moche as hewethe this preent fable / Of a fayr hors whiche was wel harnayed and / and his adel and brydel garnyhed with gold / whiche hors mete with an ae ore in a narowe way / And by caue that the ae tourned not a bak the hors ayd to hym /   hat thow noo hame ne / that thow dote ne beret none worhippe ne reuerence vnto thy lord / who holdeth now me / that wyth my foote I breke not thyn hede / by caue that thow puttet not thy elf ayde and oute of my waye / o that I myght pae & goo on my waye / The poure ae anuerd ne ayd to hym neuer a word / and was ore aerd that the hore hold haue bete hym / fore