The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Auian/Fable 26
¶ The xxvj Fable is of the wynd and of therthen pot
e that ouer moche enhaunceth hym
self / sooner 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 sette in the sonne /
by cause that more surely hit shold haue ben
dryed / Ageynste the whiche came and blewe a
grete wynd / And whanne the wynd sawe the
potte he demaunded of hym / who arte thow /
And the pot ansuerd to hym / I am a potte the
best made that men can fynde / & none may
lette ne empeche me / And how sayd the
wynde / thow art yet al loste / and hast neyther
vertue ne none force / and by cause I knowe wel
thy ouer pryde / I shall breke the / and putte
the in to pyeces / to thende / that thow of thy
grete pryde mayst haue knowlege / And therfore
the feble ought to meke and humble hym self
and obeye to his lord / and not to enhaūce[errata 1] hym
more than he ought / to thende / he falleth not
from hyhe to lowe