Labor.
199 Of an Asse.
THe Asse in the winter season was muche troubled for the extreme colde that he suffe∣red, and that he lyued onely by straw, wher∣vpon he wished for the spring tide, that he might
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THe Asse in the winter season was muche troubled for the extreme colde that he suffe∣red, and that he lyued onely by straw, wher∣vpon he wished for the spring tide, that he might
féede of the swéete grasse. When the spring w•• come, his master béeing a potter, compelled hy•• to carry clay into the workhouse, and wood to t•••• furnace, and thence to carry bricke & tile into d••¦uers places: wherwith béeing anoyed, he long•••• for sommer, hoping then to take his ease whe•• his maister was busie in his haruest: but then h•• caried wheate into the barne, and from then•••• home, and had no rest: wherfore he thoughte 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Autumne were once come, to haue an end of hi•• trauell: but he could not yet be eased of his tra¦uell, but as then caried wine, fruit and wood: the•• he desired for frost and snow agayne, that at th•• last he might haue some ease of his trauell.
MOR. In this lyfe there is no tyme voyde of continuall labour.