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¹ Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

² Where no discrecion is, there the soule is not well: and who so is swifte on fote, stombleth hastely.

³ Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

⁴ Riches make many frendes, but the poore is forsake of his owne frendes.

⁵ A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed, and he that speaketh lyes shal not escape.

⁶ The multitude hageth vpo greate men, & euery man fauoureth him that geueth rewardes.⁷ As for the poore, he is hated amonge all his brethren: yee his owne frendes forsake him, & he that geueth credece vnto wordes, getteth nothinge.

⁸ He that is wyse, loueth his owne soule: and who so hath vnderstondinge, shal prospere.

⁹ A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed, & he yt speaketh lyes shal perishe.

¹⁰ Delicate ease becometh not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a bonde man to haue ye rule of prynces.

¹¹ A wyse man putteth of displeasure, & it is his honor to let some fautes passe.

¹² The kynges disfauor is like ye roaringe of a Lyo, but his fredshpe is like the dewe vpo ye grasse.

¹³ An vndiscrete sonne is ye heuynes of his father, & a braulynge wife is like the topp of an house, where thorow it is euer droppynge.

¹⁴ House & riches maye a ma haue by ye heretage of his elders, but a discrete woma is the gifte of the LORDE.

¹⁵ Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.

¹⁶ Who so kepeth the comaundemet, kepeth his owne soule: but he yt regardeth not his waye, shal dye.

¹⁷ He yt hath pitie vpon the poore, ledeth vnto ye LORDE: & loke what he layeth out, it shalbe payed him agayne.

¹⁸ Chaste yi sonne whyle there is hope, but let not yi soule be moued to slaye hi.

¹⁹ For greate wrath bryngeth harme, therfore let him go, and so mayest thou teach him more nurtoure.

²⁰ O geue eare vnto good councell, & be content to be refourmed, that thou mayest bewyse here after.

²¹ There are many deuices in a mas herte, neuertheles the coucell of ye LORDE shal stode.

²² It is a mans worshipe to do good, & better it is to be a poore ma, then a dyssembler.

²³ The feare of the LORDE preserueth the life, yee it geueth pleteousnes, without the visitacio of any plage.

²⁴ A slouthfull body shuteth his honde in to his bosome, so yt he can not put it to his mouth.

²⁵ Yf thou smytest a scorneful personne, the ignoraut shal take better hede: & yf thou reprouest one yt hath vnderstondinge, he wil be ye wyser.

²⁶ He yt hurteth his father or shuteth out his mother, is a shamefull & an vnworthy sonne.

²⁷ My sonne, heare nomore the doctrine yt leadeth the awaye from the wordes of vnderstondinge.

²⁸ A false wytnes laugheth iudgmet to scorne, & the mouth of the vngodly eateth vp wickednes.

²⁹ Punyshmentes are ordened for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes.