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for ye LORDE himself wyl defende their cause, and do violence vnto them yt haue vsed violence.

Be not thou one of them yt bynde ther hande vpo promyse, and are suertie for dett:

for yf thou hast nothinge to paye, they shal take awaye thy bed from vnder the.

and yf thou wilt rule thine owne self, be not ouer gredy of his meate, for meate begyleth and disceaueth.

Why wilt thou set thine eye vpon ye thinge, which sodenly vanisheth awaye? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight like an Aegle in to ye ayre.

for he hath a maruelous herte. He sayeth vnto ye: eate and drynke, where as his herte is not wt ye.

Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes.

For he yt deliuereth them is mightie, euen he shal defende their cause agaynst the.

Witholde not correccion from ye childe, for yf thou beatest him wt the rodde, he shal not dye therof.

for the ende is not yet come, and thy pacient abydinge shal not be in vayne.

for soch as be dronckardes and ryotous, shal come to pouerte, & he that is geuen to moch slepe, shal go wt a ragged cote.

Labor for to get ye treuth: sell not awaye wy?dome, nourtor & vnderstodinge

(for a righteous father is maruelous glad of a wyse sonne, & delyteth in hi)

For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pytt.

For their herte ymagineth to do hurte, & their lippes talke of myschefe.

For with discrecion must warres be take in honde, and where as are many yt can geue councell, there is ye victory.

Wy?dome is an hie thinge, yee eue to ye foole, for he darre not ope his mouth in ye gate.

For a iust ma falleth seuen tymes, & ryseth vp agayne, but ye vngodly fall in to wickednes.

And why? ye wicked hath nothinge to hope for, & ye cadle of the vngodly shall be put out.

for their destruccion shal come sodenly, & who knoweth ye fall of the both?