whan it frute forth bringeth. A marchaunt that for ones lesinge
in the see no more to aventure thinketh, he shal never with
aventure come to richesse. So ofte must men on the oke smyte,
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til the happy dent have entred, whiche with the okes owne swaye
maketh it to come al at ones. So ofte falleth the lethy water on
the harde rocke, til it have thorow persed it. The even draught
of the wyr-drawer maketh the wyr to ben even and supple-werchinge;
and if he stinted in his draught, the wyr breketh
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