Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/139



T is good to hym elf in the omer eaon of uche thynges / wherof he halle and have nede in wynter eaon / As thow mayt ee by this preent fable / Of the / whiche in the wynter tyme went and demaunded of the ant omme of her Corne for to ete /   ¶ And thenne the ant ayd to the ygall / what hat thow done al the omer lat paed / And the ygalle anuerd / I haue onge / ¶ And after ayd the ante to her / Of my corne hallt not thou none haue / And yf thow hat onge alle the omer / dane now in wynter / ¶ And therfore there is one tyme for to doo ome labour and werk / And one tyme for to haue ret / For he that werketh not ne doth no good / hal haue ofte at his teeth grete cold and lacke at his nede