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¹ A man maye well purpose a thinge in his harte, but ye answere of ye tonge cometh of ye LORDE.

² A ma thinketh all his waies to be clene, but it is ye LORDE yt fashioneth ye myndes.

³ Commytte thy workes vnto ye LORDE, and loke what thou deuysest, it shal prospere.

⁴ The LORDE doth all thinges for his owne sake, yee & when he kepeth ye vngodly for ye daye of wrath.

⁵ The LORDE abhorreth all presumptuous & proude hertes, there maye nether strength ner power escape.

⁶ With louynge mercy & faithfulnesse synnes be forgeuen, and who so feareth ye LORDE eschueth euell.

⁷ When a mans wayes please ye LORDE, he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes.

⁸ Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.

⁹ A ma deuyseth a waye in his herte, but it is ye LORDE yt ordreth his goinges.

¹⁰ When ye prophecy is in ye lippes of ye kynge, his mouth shal not go wroge in iudgment.

¹¹ A true measure & a true balauce are ye LORDES, he maketh all weightes.

¹² It is a greate abhominacio when kynges are wycked, for a kynges seate shulde be holden vp wt righteousnesse.

¹³ Righteous lippes are pleasaut vnto kynges, and they loue him yt speaketh ye trueth.

¹⁴ The kynges displeasure is a messaunger of death, but a wyse man wyl pacifie him.¹⁵ The cherefull countenauce of ye kynge is life, and his louynge fauor is as the euenynge dewe.

¹⁶ To haue wy?dome in possession is better then golde, and to get vnderstondynge, is more worth then syluer.

¹⁷ The path of ye righteous eschueth euell, & who so loketh well to his wayes, kepeth his owne soule.

¹⁸ Presumptuousnes goeth before destruccion, and after a proude stomake there foloweth a fall.

¹⁹ Better it is to be of humble mynde wt the lowly, then to deuyde ye spoyles wt ye proude.

²⁰ He yt handleth a matter wysely, opteyneth good: & blessed is he, yt putteth his trust in ye LORDE.

²¹ Who so hath a wyse vnderstondinge, is called to councell: but he yt can speake fayre, getteth more riches.

²² Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him yt hath it, as for ye chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolishnesse.

²³ The herte of the wyse enfourmeth his mouth, and amendeth ye doctryne in his lyppes.

²⁴ Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshinge of ye mynde, & health of ye bones.

²⁵ There is a waye yt men thinke to be right, but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.

²⁶ A troublous soule disquyeteth hir selfe, for hir owne mouth hath brought her therto.

²⁷ An vngodly personne stereth vp euell, and in his lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre.²⁸ A frowarde body causeth strife, and he yt is a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuysion amonge prynces.

²⁹ A wicked ma begyleth his neghbor, & ledeth him ye waye yt is not good.³⁰ He that wyncketh wt his eyes, ymagineth myschefe: and he yt byteth his lippes, wyl do some harme.

³¹ Age is a crowne of worshipe, yf it be founde in the waye of righteousnes.

³² A pacient man is better then one that is stroge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he yt wynneth a cite.

³³ The lottes are cast in to the lappe, but their fall stodeth in the LORDE.