¶ The xx fable maketh mencion of the Oxe / and of the frogge / whiche wold haue compared her to hym
He poure ought not to compare hym ſelf to hym which is ryche and myghty / As ſayth this fable of a frogge / whiche was in a medowe / when ſhe aſpyed and ſawe an oxe whiche paſtured / She wold make her ſelf as grete and as myghty as the oxe / and by her grete pryde ſie beganne to ſwelle ageynſte the oxe / And denaunded of his children yf ſhe was not as grete as the oxe and as myghty / And theyr children anſuerd and ſayd nay moder / For to loke and behold on the oxe / it ſemeth of yow to be nothynge / And thenne the frogge beganne more to ſwelle / ¶ And when the oxe ſawe her pryde / he thradde and threſted her with his fote / and brake her bely / Therfore hit is not good to the poure to compare hym ſelf to the ryche / Wherfore men ſayn comynly / Swelle not thy ſelf / to thende that thow breſte not
¶ Here fynysshed the ſecond booke of Esope /