Page:The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Vol 2.djvu/231



e that laboureth and werketh contynuelly maye not faylle to haue plente of goodes / as it appiereth by this preent table / Of a good man labourer / whiche all his lyf had laboured and wrought / and was ryche / and whan he hold deye / he ayd to his children / My children I mute now deye / and my treour I haue lefte in my vyne / And after that the good man was dede / his children whiche uppoed that his treour had ben in the vyne / dyd nothyng al day but delued hit / & it bare more fruyte before /    ¶ For who trauaylleth wel / he hath euer brede ynough for to ete / And he that werketh not dyeth for hongrer.