¶ Of the Courtier That Bad the Boy Holde His Horse. XLII
¶ A courtier on a tyme that alyghted of his horse at an Inde204 gate sayde to a boye that stode therby: Ho, syr boye, holde my horse. The boye, as he had ben aferde, answered: O maister, this a fierce horse; is one able to holde him? Yes, quod the courtier, one may holde hym well inough. Well, quod the boye, if one be able inough, than I pray you holde hym your owne selfe.205