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[verse 1] Lord, fadir, and lordli gouernour of my lijf, forsake thou me not in the thouȝt and counsel of hem [councel of hem; that is, of foolis and vnfeithful men. C.] ; nether suffre thou me to falle in that schenschipe. [verse 2] Who settith aboue in my thouȝt beetyngis, and in myn hert the techyng of wisdom, that in the vnkunnyngis of hem he spare not me, and that the trespassis of hem appere not?
[verse 3] Lest myn vnkunnyngis encreesse, and my trespassis be multiplied, and my synnes be plenteuouse; and lest Y falle in the siȝt of myn aduersaries, and myn enemy haue ioie. [verse 4] Lord, fadir, and God of my lijf, for|sake thou not me in the thouȝt of hem. [verse 5] Ȝyue thou not to me enhaunsyng [Ȝyue thou not to me enhauns|inge, etc.; that is, suffre thou not that pride be lord ouer me. of wombe; that is, of glo|tenye. ȝyue thou not, etc.; that is, suffre thou not my soule to falle into vnreuer|ence, and into vnwisdom. Lire here. C.] of myn iȝen; and turne thou awei fro me al schrewid desijr. [verse 6] Do thou awei fro me the coueitisis [coueityse S.] of the [Om. ceteri.] wombe, and the coueitisis of letcherie take me not; and ȝyue thou not `me to [to me S.] a soule vnreuerent and vndiscreet [vnsaueri, ether vndiscreet, C et ceteri.] . [verse 7] Sones, here ȝe the tech|yng of mouth; and he that kepith it, schal not perische bi hise lippis, nether schal be [verse 8] sclaundrid in worste werkis A synnere and proude man schal be takun [proude man schal be takun; of the deuel, that settith to him a snare. sclaundrid in tho; that is, schal falle in the snaris of the deuel. nemyng of God; that is, to swere bi him, nethe|les it owith to be ofte in thi mouth, to preye and preche. names of seyntis; in sweringe ofte bi hem. giltles of hem; that is, of offence of hem. axid bisili; that is, constreyned bi beetingis to telle. wannesse; of skyn, for the beting of his body. swer|inge; bi God. and nemynge; that is, swer|inge bi the names of seyntis, and this custom|ably. Lire here. C.] in his vanite; and a cursid man schal be sclaun|drid in tho. [verse 9] Thy mouth be not custom|able to swering; for whi many fallyngis ben ther ynne. [verse 10] Forsothe the nemyng of God be not customable in thi mouth, and be thou not meddlid to the names of seyntis; for thou schalt not be giltles of hem. [verse 11] For as a seruaunt that is axid bisili, schal not wante wannesse; so ech man swerynge [ech man sweringe, etc.; for bi sich yuel custom he fall|ith into vnleue|ful ooth. dis|seyueth; that is, harmith him bi a fals ooth. aboue him; for he is holdun to restore, and he schal be constreyned herto, if it is preued aȝenus him. feyneth; in holdinge stille the truthe, for whos declaring he is brouȝt forth a witnesse, and swerith that he knowith not. doubli; that is, aȝenus himsilf, in sweringe fals, and aȝenus the neiȝbore in harmynge him, in conscience that holdith another mannus thing, and another man in the purs. his hous; for whi sumtyme sones ben punyschid bi temporal peynes, for fadris and modris, and most whanne thei suen the fadris synne; as it is doon ofte in this caas, for a sone that herith ofte his fadir sweringe in veyn, takith bi this a liyk maner. another speche; contrarie to the formere; this speche is blasfemye, that disserueth deth, as God seith in xxiiij. co. of Leuitici. Lire here. C.] and nemynge schal not be purgid of synne in al. [verse 12] A man swerynge myche schal be fillid with wickidnesse; and veniaunce schal not go awei fro his hous. [verse 13] And [Om. A pr. m. I.] if he disseyueth a brother, his trespas schal be aboue hym; and if he feyneth, he schal trespasse doubli. [verse 14] And if he swerith in veyn, he schal not be ius|tified; for whi his hous schal be fillid with worst ȝelding. [verse 15] Also aȝenward an|other speche is in to deth; be it not found in the eritage of Jacob. [verse 16] For whi alle these thingis schulen be don awei fro merciful men; and thei schulen not delite in trespassis. [verse 17] Thi mouth be not custom|able
to vnreuerent speche; for whi a word of synne is in it. [verse 18] Haue thou mynde on thi fadir and modir; for thou stondist in the myddis of grete men. [verse 19] Lest perauen|ture God forȝete thee in the siȝt of hem; and lest thou maad a fool bi thi custom|ablenesse, suffre schenschipe [schenschipe, ether scornyng, C et ceteri præter Y.] , and haddist leuere to be not borun, and curse the dai of thi birthe. [verse 20] A man customable in the [Om. I.] wordis of schenschipe, in alle daies schal [he shal S.] not be tauȝt. [verse 21] Twei kyndis [Twey kyndis; that is, couei|tise and glo|tenye. and the thridde; that is, auoutrie. bringith ire; of Goddis ven|iaunce. and perdicioun; of helle. bren|nynge; with the fier of co|ueitise. swolewe sum thing; in getinge vn|iustly the goodis of othere men. a wickid man; that is, a glotoun. til he kyndle fier; of lecherie. Ech breed is swete; that is, ech wiyf of another man is desira|ble to him. maad weri, etc.; that is, he schal not ceesse to breke Goddis heest, that for|bedith auou|trie. til to the ende; of his liyf. Lire here. C.] ben plenteu|ouse in synnes, and the thridde bringith ire and perdicioun. [verse 22] An hoot soule bren|nynge as fier schal not be quenchid, til it [verse 23] swolewe sum thing; and a wickid man in the mouth of his fleisch schal not faile, til he kyndle fier. [verse 24] Ech breed is swete to a letcherouse man; he schal not be maad weri, trespassynge `til to [vnto I.] the ende. [verse 25] Ech man that passith his bed [that passith his bed; bi auoutrie. the drede of siche a man; that is, of auouter, bi which he dred|ith to be priued fro his lust. the iȝen of men, etc.; that is, men that knowen his auoutrie, and seruen him therynne, for drede of his offence, and preisen him, and nurschen him in hise yuels, putten awey fro him Goddis drede. Lire here. C.] , doith dispit aȝens his soule, and seith, Who seeth me? [verse 26] Derknessis cumpassen me, and wallis kyueren me, and no man biholdith me. Whom drede Y? The hiȝeste schal not haue mynde on my synnes. [verse 27] And he vn|dirstondith not, that the iȝe of him [him, that is, of God, V.] seeth alle thingis; for whi the drede of siche a man puttith awei fro him the drede of God, and the iȝen of men that dreden hym putten awei fro hym Goddis drede. [verse 28] And he knew not, that the iȝen of the Lord ben myche more clerere than the sunne, and biholden alle the weies of men, and the depthe of the see, and [and thei I.] biholden the hertis of men in to hid partis. [verse 29] For whi alle thingis weren knowun to the Lord, bifore that thei [tho CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXYa.] weren maad of nouȝt; so and aftir the makyng he bi|holdith alle thingis. [verse 30] This man schal be punyschid in the stretis of the citee; he schal be dryuun a wei as an horse colt, and he schal be takun, where he hopith not. [verse 31] And he schal be schenschip to alle men; for he vndurstood not the drede of the Lord. [verse 32] So and ech womman forsak|ynge
hir hosebonde schal do synne, and ordeynynge eritage [eritage; that is, eir of hir hosebonde. matrymonye; whanne hir auouter was weddid. to him; that is, to hir hosebonde. rootis; for thei schulen not be stablischid in the eritage of the hosebonde. sue the Lord; bi the weye of riȝtfulnesse. lengthe of dayes; that is, euerlastinge liyf. Lire here. C.] of an alien matri|monye. [verse 33] For firste sche was vnbileueful in the lawe of the hiȝeste, and the se|counde tyme sche forsook hir hosebonde; and the thridde tyme sche was defoulid in auowtrie, and ordeynede to hym sones of another man. [verse 34] `This womman [Sche this I.] schal be brouȝt in to the chirche, and me schal bi|holde on hir sones. [verse 35] Hir sones schulen not ȝyue rootis, and hir braunchis schulen not ȝyue fruyt. [verse 36] Thei schulen leeue the mynde of hir in to cursyng, and the schenschipe of hir schal not be don awei. [verse 37] And thei that ben left schulen knowe, that no thing is betere than the drede of God, and no|thing is swettere than to biholde in the comaundementis of the Lord. [verse 38] It is greet glorie to sue the Lord; for whi lengthe of daies schulen be takun of hym.