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Who so promiseth by the hande, & is suertie for another, he is a foole.

A fooles mouth is his owne destruccion, and his lippes are ye snare for his owne soule.

But ye rich mas goodes are his stronge holde, yee he taketh them for an hye wall roude aboute him.

A wyse herte laboureth for knowlege, and a prudent eare seketh vnderstondinge.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruccion, for they wolde not do the thynge that was right.

The vngodly shalbe geuen for the rightuous, & the wicked for the iust.

A wyse man wynneth the cite of the mightie, and as for the strength yt they trust in, he bryngeth it downe.

The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is his owne death, for his hades wyll not labor.

The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhominacion, for they offre the thinge yt is gotten wt wickednes.

A louynge eye shalbe blessed, for he geueth of his bred vnto ye poore.

The eyes of ye LORDE preserue knowlege, but as for ye wordes of ye despyteful, he bryngeth them to naught.

for it is a pleasaunt thinge yf thou kepe it in thine herte, and practise it in thy mouth: