[6-text p 641] and therfore seith Salomon /. An hous that is vncouered [¶ Salomon] and droppynge /. and a chidynge wyf been lyke [632] ¶ A man that is in a droppynge hous in manye places /. though he eschewe the droppynge in o place / it droppeth on hym / in another place ¶ So fareth it by [¶ Nota exemplum] a chydynge wyf /. but she chide hym in o place / she wol chide hym in anoþer [633] ¶ And therfore / bettre is a morsel of breed with ioye / than an hous ful of delices with chidynge seith Salomon [634] ¶ Seint [¶ Salomon] Paul seith ¶ O ye wommen / be ye subgetes to youre [¶ Paulus ad Colonienses .3o.] housbondes / and ye men / loueth youre wyues. Ad Colonienses .3o.
[635] Afterward / speke we of scornynge. which is a [¶ Of scornynge] wikked synne /. and namely / whan he scorneth a man for hise goode werkes /. [636] ffor certes / swiche scorneres / faren / lyk the foule tode / that may nat endure / to smelle / the soote sauour of the vyne / whanne it florissheth [637] ¶ Thise scorneres / been partyng felawes with the deuel. / for they han ioye / whan the deuel wynneth. and sorwe whan he leseth. [638] they been Aduersaries of Ihesu crist. for they haten that he loueth. that is to seyn / saluacion of soule
[639] Speke we now of wikked conseil. for he þat [¶ Of yeuyng/ of wikked conseil] wikked conseil yeueth / is a traytour. / he deceyueth hym þat trusteth in hym Vt Achitofel ad Absolonem .‖. But nathelees / yet is his wikked conseil first agayn hym self /. [640] ffor as seith the wise man ./ euery fals luyunge / hath his propertee in hym self/. that he þat wole anoye another man. he anoyeth first hym self [641] ¶ And men shul vnderstonde / that man shal nat [¶ Of what folk / þat a man shal eschuen to taken his conseil] taken his conseil of fals folk/. ne of angry folk/ or greuous folk/ that louen specially / to muchel hir owene profit. ne to muche worldly folk namely / in conseilynge of soules
[642] NOw comth the synne of hem that sowen / and [¶ Of hem that sowen and maken discorde] maken discord amonges folk. which is a synne / that
