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My sonne, if thou bee surety for thy friend, it thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the wordes of thy mouth.

Doe this now, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend: goe, humble thy selfe, and make sure thy friend.

Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Deliuer thy selfe as a Roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Hee that is suretie for a stranger, shall smart for it: and hee that hateth suretiship, is sure.

A man void of vnderstanding striketh hands, and becommeth suretie in the presence of his friend.

Take his garment that is suerty for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from vnder thee?