vnto their mother: so shalt thou be as an o∣bediēt sonne of ye Hyest, and he shal loue the more thē yi mother doth. Wiszdome bretheth life in to hir children, receaueth thē yt seke her, & wyll go before thē in ye waye of righteous∣nes. He yt loueth her, loueth life: & they yt seke her diligētly, shal haue greate ioye. They yt kepe her, shal haue the heretage of life: for where she entreth in, there is the blessinge of God. They that honoure her, shal be ye ser¦uauntes of the holy one: and they that loue her, are beloued of God. Who so geueth eare vnto her, shal iudge the Heithē: and he that hath respecte vnto her, shall dwell safely.
[ C] He that beleueth her, shal haue her in pos∣sess••on, and his generacion shal endure: for whan he falleth, she shal go with him before all. ••eare, drede and tentacion shal she brin∣ge vpon him, and trye him in hir doctrine: tyll she haue so proued him in his though∣tes, that he committe his soule vnto her. Thē shal she stablish him, bringe the right waye vnto him, make hī a glad mā, shewe him hir secretes, and heape vpon him the treasures of knowlege, vnderstondinge and righte∣ousnes. But yf he go wronge, she shall for∣sake him, and geue him ouer in to the handes of his enemie.
[ D] My sonne, make moch of the tyme, eschue the thinge yt is euell, and for ye life shame not to saye ye trueth. For there is a shame yt brin∣geth synne, and there is a shame that brin∣geth worshipe and fauor. Accepte no person after thine owne will, that thou be not con∣founded to thine owne decaye. Be not asha∣med of ye neghbor in his aduersite, & kepe not back ye councell whā it maye do good, nether hyde ye wyszdome in hir beuty. For in the tō∣ge is wyszdome knowne, so is vnderstandin∣ge, knowlege and lernynge in the talkinge of the wyse, & stedfastnesse in ye workes of righ∣teousnes. In no wise speake agaynst the wor¦de of treuth, but be ashamed of the lyes of thine owne ignoraunce. Shame not to con∣fesse thine erroure, and submitte not thyself vnto euery man because of synne. Withstan∣de not ye face of the mightie, and stryue not agaynst the streame. But for the trueth stry¦ue thou vnto death, and God shal fight for the agaynst thine enemies. Be not haystie in thy tonge, nether slack and negligent in thy workes. Be not as a lyon in thine owne hou¦se, destroyinge thy housholde folkes, and op∣press••nge them yt are vnder the. Let not thine hande be stretched out to receaue, and shutt whan thou shuldest geue.