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[ A] APplie thine heart to in∣struction, and thine eares to the words of knowledge.
[ A] A man that wandereth out of the waie of wisedome, shall re∣maine in the congregation of the dead,
[ B] Be not light of credit, but lay thine eare open to truth and honestie, so shalt thou be wor∣shipfull.
[ B] Be thou not enuious against
euill men, neither desire to be with them.
[ C] Count nothing thine owne, whiles thou liuest in this world, for euerie man hath his talent but lent.
[ C] Cast out the scorner, and the seditious man, so shall conten∣tion and reproch ceasse.
[ D] Do good, to thine enimie to the vttermost of thy might, so shalt thou fulfill the law of charitie.
[ D] Drawe towards the wise to learne wisedome, so shalt thou be had in reputation.
[ E] Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euill eie, nei∣ther desire his deintie meates.
[ E] Euen in laughing the hart is sorowfull, and the end of that mirth is heauinesse.
[ F] Foolishnes is ioie to him that is destitute of vnderstanding, but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightlie.
[ F] Flatterie is like vnto the wéeping of a Crocodile, and
when he talketh most friend∣lie, he meaneth least honestie.
[ G] God ouerthroweth the wic∣ked, and they are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
[ G] Giue no eare to the report of a slanderer, for in his tongue lieth deadlie poison.
[ H] He that keepeth his tongue, kéepeth his life: but he that openeth his lippes, destruction shall be to him.
[ H] He shall be sore vexed that is suretie for a stranger: and he that hateth suertiship is sure.
[ I] Intend nothing that may turne to the harme of thy nei∣bour, for he is as thine owne selfe.
[ I] Iustice and truth are in such as feare God, as for the wic∣ked, they abhorre vertue.
[ K] Kéepe not companie with dronkards, nor with gluttons: for the féete of such go to death.
[ K] Knowe him well whom thou
makest of thy counsell, least he bewraie thy secrets.
[ L] Looke not vpon the wine when it is redde, and when it sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleasantlie.
[ L] Let not thine heart be enui∣ous against sinners, but let it be in the feare of the Lord con∣tinuallie.
[ M] Mercie and truth do preserue the King, for his throne shall be established with mercie.
[ M] Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither go with the furious man.
[ N] Notorious liers flée from, as from a Scorpion: for they are the verie frie of Sathan.
[ N] Neuer giue thy consent in a thing that is wicked, for God rewardeth both with shame.
[ O] Opprobrious words defile the scule of him from whome they proceede, and wound to the death.
[ O] Of thine increase spare some∣what
to the poore, that God may blesse thy store.
[ P] Pitie the case of such as be succourlesse, and shut not thine eies against the naked.
[ P] Patience is a souereigne ver∣tue, and bringeth the soule of the iust to euerlasting comfort.
[ Q] Quicken thy heart with ho∣nest mirth, least too much hea∣uines ouerthrowe thy health.
[ Q] Quietlie tarrie the Lordes leasure in the tune of thy trou∣ble: for so to do is wisedome.
[ R] Rob not the poore, because he is poore: neither oppresse the af∣flicted in iudgement.
[ R] Righteous lips are the kings delight, and he loueth them that speake right things.
[ S] Set not thy mind vpon va∣nitie, for therein consisteth no∣thing that is sound.
[ S] Submit thy neeke to the yoke of obedience, so shalt thou be praised among the people.
[ T] The wrath of a King, is as
the messenger of death: but a wise man will pacifie him.
[ T] The heart of man purposeth his waie, but the Lord doth di∣rect his steps.
[ V] Uiolence and tyrannie are the ruine of a Realme, but mercie vpholdeth the Kings throne.
[ V] Upbraide not thy better with contumelious talke, least thou heape hot coles vpon thine owne head.
[ W] Without counsell, thoughtes come to naught: but in the multitude of counsellers is stedfastnesse.
[ W] Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstan∣ding, and is vnknowne in the minds of fooles.
[ Y] Yeald to the magistrate duti∣fulnes, and with thine equall vse courtesie.
[ Y] Yong or old, rich or poore, strong or weake, thou art not thine owne, but Gods who made thée.
[ Z] Zacheus the Publicane, of∣fering to make restitution if he had done anie man wrong, tea∣cheth the rich of this world what their duties should be.
[ Z] Zerubbabell shall laie the highest stone of the spirituall temple, his hands haue laid the foundation of the same.