English poem
Talis pater, talis filius
by William Langland (1332–1386)
Talis pater, talis filius. For shal never brere bere Beries as a vyne, No on crokyd kene thorne Kynde fygys wexe. Bona arbor bonum fructum facit.
The lines which follow differ considerably in the two texts.
958. Psalm xiv, 1.