¶ The ix fable maketh mencion of the two pottes
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Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope whiche were translated out of Frensshe in to Englysshe by wylliam Caxton at westmynstre in the yere of oure Lorde M. CCCC. lxxxiij
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- Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope whiche were translated out of Frensshe in to Englysshe by wylliam Caxton at westmynstre in the yere of oure Lorde M. CCCC. lxxxiij
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THe poure ought not to take the Ryche as his felawe As it appiereth by this fable of two pottes / of the whi∣che the one was coper / and the other of erthe / the whi∣che pottes dyd mete to gyder within a Ryuer / ¶ & by cause that the erthen pot wente swyfter than dyd the coper potte / the pot of coper sayd to the pot of erthe / I praye the that we may goo to gyder / And the erthen potte ansuerd and sayd to the coper pot / I wylle not go with the / For it shold happe to me as it happed to the glas and of the morter For yf thow shol dest mete with me / thow sholdest breke and putte me in to pye ces / ¶ And therfore the poure is a fole that compa∣reth and lykeneth hym self to the ryche and myghty / For better is to lyue in pouerte than to deye vylaynsly and be oppressyd of the ryche