¶ The xvij fable is of the Ant and of the ſygale
T is good to purueye hym ſelf in the
ſomer ſeaſon of ſuche thynges /
wherof he ſhalle myſter and have
nede in wynter ſeaſon / As thow
mayſt ſee by this preſent fable /
Of the ſygalle / whiche in the wynter tyme went
and demaunded of the ant ſomme of her Corne
for to ete / ¶ And thenne the ant ſayd to the
ſygall / what haſt thow done al the ſomer laſt
paſſed / And the ſygalle anſuerd / I haue ſonge /
¶ And after ſayd the ante to her / Of my corne
ſhallt not thou none haue / And yf thow haſt
ſonge alle the ſomer / danſe now in wynter /
¶ And therfore there is one tyme for to doo ſome
labour and werk / And one tyme for to haue
reſt / For he that werketh not ne doth no good /
ſhal haue ofte at his teeth grete cold and lacke
at his nede /
