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¹ Wyne is a voluptuous thinge, & drockennes causeth sedicion: who so delyteth therin, shal neuer be wyse.

² The kynge ought to be feared as the roaringe of a lyon, who so prouoketh him vnto anger, offendeth agaynst his owne soule.

³ It is a mans honoure to kepe himself from strife, but they yt haue pleasure in braulinge, are fooles eueryone.

⁴ A slouthfull body wyl not go to plowe for colde, therfore shal he go abegginge in Sommer, and haue nothinge.

⁵ Wyse councell in the herte of man is like a water in the depe of the earth, but he that hath vnderstondinge, bryngeth it forth.

⁶ Many there be that are called good doers, but where shal one fynde a true faithful ma?

⁷ Who so ledeth a godly and an innocent life, happie shal his children be, whom he leaueth behynde him.

⁸ A kynge that sytteth in iudgment, and loketh well aboute him, dryueth awaye all euell.

⁹ Who can saye: my hert is cleane, I am innocent from synne?

¹⁰ To vse two maner of weightes, or two maner of measures, both these are abhominable vnto the LORDE.

¹¹ A childe is knowne by his conuersacion, whether his workes be pure and right.

¹² As for the hearinge of the eare & the sight of ye eye, ye LORDE hath made the both.

¹³ Delyte not thou in slepe, lest thou come vnto pouerte: but ope thine eyes, & thou shalt haue bred ynough.

¹⁴ It is naught, It is naught (saye men) whan they haue it, but whan it is gone, they geue it a good worde.

¹⁵ A mouth of vnderstodinge is more worth then golde, many precious stones, and costly Iewels.

¹⁶ Take his garment that is suertie for a straunger, & take a pledge of him for ye vnknowne mans sake.

¹⁷ Euery ma liketh the bred that is gotten with disceate, but at the last is mouth shalbe fylled with grauell.

¹⁸ Thorow councell the thinges that men deuyse go forwarde: & with discrecion ought warres to be taken in honde.

¹⁹ Medle not with him that bewrayeth secretes, and is a slaunderer, and disceaueth with his lippes.

²⁰ Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the myddest of darcknesse.

²¹ The heretage that commeth to haistely at the first, shal not be praysed at the ende.

²² Saye not thou: I will recompence euell, but put yi trust in the LORDE, & he shal defende ye.

²³ The LORDE abhorreth two maner of weightes, and a false balauce is an euell thinge.

²⁴ The LORDE ordreth euery mas goinges, for what is he, that vnderstondeth his owne wayes?

²⁵ It is a snare for a man to blaspheme that which is holy, & then to go aboute wt vowes.

²⁶ A wyse kynge destroyeth ye vngodly, & bryngeth the whele ouer them.

²⁷ The lanterne of ye LORDE is ye breth of man, & goeth thorow all the inwarde partes of the body.

²⁸ Mercy & faithfulnes preserue the kynge, & with louynge kyndnes his seate is holden vp.

²⁹ The strength of yonge men is their worshipe, & a gray heade, is an honor vnto ye aged.

³⁰ Woundes dryue awaye euell, and so do stripes the inwarde partes of the body.