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¹ A wyse sonne wyll receaue his fathers warnynge, but he yt is scornefull, wyll not heare when he is reproued.

² A good ma shal enioye the frute of his mouth, but he that hath a frowarde mynde, shalbe spoyled.

³ He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his life: but who so speaketh vnaduysed, fyndeth harme.

⁴ The slogarde wolde fayne haue, and can not get his desyre: but the soule of the diligent shal haue plenty.

⁵ A righteous man abhorreth lyes, but the vngodly shameth both other and himself.

⁶ Righteousnesse kepeth the innocet in the waye, but vngodlynesse shal ouerthrowe the synner.

⁷ Some men are riche, though they haue nothinge: agayne, some me are poore hauynge greate riches.

⁸ With goodes euery man delyuereth his life, and the poore wyl not be reproued.

⁹ The light of the righteous maketh ioyfull, but the candle of the vngodly shal be put out.

¹⁰ Amonge the proude there is euer strife, but amonge those that do all thinges with aduysement, there is wy?dome.

¹¹ Hastely gotte goodes are soone spent, but they that be gathered together with the hande, shal increase.

¹² Longe tarienge for a thinge that is dyfferred, greueth ye herte: but when the desyre commeth, it is a tre of life.

¹³ Who so despyseth the worde, destroyeth himself: but he that feareth the comaundement, shal haue peace.

¹⁴ The lawe is a wel of life vnto the wyse, that it maye kepe him from the snares of death.

¹⁵ Good vnderstondinge geueth fauoure, but harde is the waye of the despysers.

¹⁶ A wyse man doth all thinges with discrecion, but a foole wil declare his foly.

¹⁷ An vngodly messauger bryngeth myschefe, but a faithfull embassitoure is wholsome.

¹⁸ He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouerte and shame: but who so receaueth correccion, shal come to honoure.

¹⁹ When a desyre is brought to passe, it delyteth the soule: but fooles abhorre him that eschueth euell.

²⁰ He that goeth in the company of wyse men, shal be wyse: but who so is a copanyo of fooles, shal be hurte.

²¹ Myschefe foloweth vpon synners, but the rightuous shal haue a good rewarde.

²² Which their childers childre shal haue in possessio, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for ye iust.

²³ There is plenteousnesse of fode in the feldes of the poore, & shalbe increased out of measure.

²⁴ He that spareth the rodde, hateth his sonne: but who so loueth him, holdeth him euer in nurtoure.

²⁵ The rightuous eateth, and is satisfied, but ye bely of the vngodly hath neuer ynough.