[6-text p 662] he wynneþ þe moste party of þis werlde; [851] ¶ And riht as a marchant deliteþ him moste in chaffer þat he haþ most a-vantage of Riht so deliteþ þe fende þis ordure;//
[852] þis is þe toþere honde of þe deuel with .v. fingeres þat caccheþ þe peple to his velany; [853] þe first finger is þe foole lokeynge; of þe foole man; & of þe foole womman þat sleþe Riht as þe Basilicoc sleþe folke be þe venym of his syht; ffor couetise of þe eyȝen foloweþ þe couetyse of þe hert; [854] þe toþere finger his þe violence toucheinge in wykked manere; And þerfor seiþ Salomon. þat who so toucheþ & handeleþ a womman; he fareþ y-lyke him þat handeleþ þe scorpion þat stingeþe; And sodanly sleþe þoruhe his envenymynge; As who so towcheþ warme piche þat fouleþ his fingers [855] ¶ þe. þred is; foule wordes þat fareþ.y-lyke fire þat birneþ; þat riht anone birneþ þe herte; [856] ¶ þe ferþe is. kissinge; & trewly he were a grete foole þat wolde kisse þe mouþe of a birneinge houen; or of a forneys;? [857] And more fooles bien þei þat kissen in velanye; ffor þat mouþe is þe mouþe of hell; & namely þes holde dotardes hulours; ȝit wil þei kisse þouhe þei may nouȝt do & smater hem; [858] Certes þei bien ylyke to þe houndes. For an hounde whan he commeþ be þe roser or be oþere beautees þouhe he maie nouht pisse; ȝitte will he lift vp his legge & make coun|tenance to pisse. [859] ¶ And for þat; many weneþ þat þei maie nouȝt sinne for no likerous þat he doþe with his wif; Certeȝ þat opynioune is fals; God wote a man maie sle him self with his owen knyf; & maken him dronken with his owen tunne. [860] Certeȝ be it wif of childe or any oþer werldely þinge þat he loueþ be-for god; it is a maumet & he is an ydolastre; [861] ¶ Man scholde loue his wif be discrecione paciently & temporalye; & þan is sche as it
