¶ The ix fable maketh mencion of the two pottes
He poure ought not to take the Ryche as his felawe as it appiereth by this fable of two pottes / of the whiche the one was coper / and the other of erthe / the whiche 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 ſholdeſt mete with me / thow ſholdeſt breke and putte me in to pyeces / ¶ And therfore the poure is a fole that compareth and lykeneth hym ſelf to the ryche and myghty / For better is to lyue in pouerte than to deye vylaynouſly and oppreſſyd of the ryche