The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Liber Secundus/Fable 5
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¶ The fyfthe fable maketh mencyon of the montayn whiche shoke
Yght so it happeth / that he that menaceth hath drede and is ferdful / wherof Esope reherceth to vs suche a fable Of a hylle whiche beganne to tremble and shake by cause of the molle whiche delued hit / And whanne the folke sawe that the erthe beganne thus to shake / they were sore aferd and dredeful / and durst not wel come ne approche the hylle / But after whanne they were come nyghe to the montayne / & knewe how the molle caused this hylle shakynge / theyr doubte and drede were conuerted vnto Joye / and beganne alle to lawhe / And therfore men ought not to doubte al folk which ben of grete wordes and menaces / For some menacen that haue grete doubte