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¹ Wysdome hath buylded her house, and hewen out seuen pillers:² She hath kylled her victuals, powred out her wine, and prepared her table:³ She hath sent foorth her maydens to crye vpon the highest place of the citie,⁴ Who so is without knowledge, let him come hither: And to the vnwise she said,⁵ O come on your way, eate my bread, and drinke my wine [whiche] I haue powred out for you.⁶ Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng.⁷ Whoso reproueth a scornefull person, getteth him selfe dishonour: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth hym selfe.⁸ Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe thee euyll will: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue thee.⁹ Geue a discrete man but an occasion, and he wyll be the wyser: teache a righteous man, and he wyll encrease in knowledge.¹⁰ The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wisdome: and the knowledge of holy thinges, is vnderstanding.¹¹ For thorowe me thy dayes shalbe prolonged, and the yeres of thy life shall be many.¹² If thou be wise, thy wysdome shal do thy selfe good: but if thou thinkest scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme.

¹³ A foolishe retchlesse woman full of wordes, and suche a one as hath no knowledge,¹⁴ Sitteth at the doore of her house, and in the hye places of the citie,¹⁵ To call such as go by, and that walke straight in their wayes.¹⁶ Who so is ignoraunt [sayeth she] let hym come hyther: and to the vnwyse she saith,¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweete, & the bread that is priuily eaten, hath a good taste.¹⁸ And he doth not consider that they are but dead whiche be there, and that her ghestes are in the deepe of hell.