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¹ A gileful balaunce is abhominacioun anentis God; and an euene weiyte is his wille.

² Where pride is, there also dispising schal be; but where meeknesse is, there also is wisdom.

³ The simplenesse of iust men schal dresse hem; and the disseyuyng of weiward men schal destrie hem.

⁴ Richessis schulen not profite in the dai of veniaunce; but riytfulnesse schal delyuere fro deth.

⁵ The riytfulnesse of a simple man schal dresse his weie; and a wickid man schal falle in his wickidnesse.⁶ The riytfulnesse of riytful men schal delyuere hem; and wickid men schulen be takun in her aspiyngis.

⁷ Whanne a wickid man is deed, noon hope schal be ferther; and abidyng of bisy men schal perische.

⁸ A iust man is delyuered from angwisch; and a wickid man schal be youun for hym.

⁹ A feynere bi mouth disseyueth his freend; but iust men schulen be deliuered bi kunnyng.

¹⁰ A citee schal be enhaunsid in the goodis of iust men; and preysyng schal be in the perdicioun of wickid men.¹¹ A citee schal be enhaunsid bi blessing of iust men; and it schal be distried bi the mouth of wickid men.

¹² He that dispisith his freend, is nedi in herte; but a prudent man schal be stille.¹³ He that goith gilefuli, schewith priuetees; but he that is feithful, helith the priuetee of a freend.

¹⁴ Where a gouernour is not, the puple schal falle; but helthe `of the puple is, where ben many counsels.

¹⁵ He that makith feith for a straunger, schal be turmentid with yuel; but he that eschewith snaris, schal be sikur.

¹⁶ A graciouse womman schal fynde glorie; and stronge men schulen haue richessis.

¹⁷ A merciful man doith wel to his soule; but he that is cruel, castith awei, yhe, kynnesmen.

¹⁸ A wickid man makith vnstable werk; but feithful mede is to hym, that sowith riytfulnesse.

¹⁹ Merci schal make redi lijf; and the suyng of yuels `schal make redi deth.

²⁰ A schrewid herte is abhomynable to the Lord; and his wille is in hem, that goen symply.

²¹ Thouy hond be in the hond, an yuel man schal not be innocent; but the seed of iust men schal be sauyd.

²² A goldun `sercle, ether ryng, in the `nose thrillis of a sowe, a womman fair and fool.

²³ The desir of iust men is al good; abiding of wickid men is woodnesse.

²⁴ Sum men departen her owne thingis, and ben maad richere; other men rauyschen thingis, that ben not hern, and ben euere in nedynesse.

²⁵ A soule that blessith, schal be maad fat; and he that fillith, schal be fillid also.

²⁶ He that hidith wheete `in tyme, schal be cursid among the puplis; but blessyng schal come on the heed of silleris.

²⁷ Wel he risith eerli, that sekith good thingis; but he that is a serchere of yuels, schal be oppressid of tho.

²⁸ He that tristith in hise richessis, schal falle; but iust men schulen buriowne as a greene leef.

²⁹ He that disturblith his hows, schal haue wyndis in possessioun; and he that is a fool, schal serue a wijs man.

³⁰ The fruyt of a riytful man is the tre of lijf; and he that takith soulis, is a wijs man.

³¹ If a iust man receyueth in erthe, how miche more an vnfeithful man, and synnere.