as a byrde from the hande of the fouler. Go to the Emmet (thou stougard) consydre her [unspec B] wayes, and lerne to be wyse. She hathe no gyde, no teacher, no leder: yet in the Sōmer she prouydeth her meate, and gathereth her fode together in the haruest. Howe lon∣ge wylt thou slepe, thou slogysh man? Whē wylt thou aryse out of thy slepe? Yee slepe on styll a lytle, slomber a lytle / folde thyne handes to gether yet a lytle, that y• mayeste slepe: so shall pouerte come vnto the as one that trauayleth by the waye / and necessyte like an armed man. So {fleur-de-lys} (But yf thou be nat slouthful, thy haruest shal come as a sprynging well, and pouerty shal flye farre from the). An vngodly person / a wycked man goth with a frowarde mouthe, he wyncketh with hys eyes, he tokeneth wt his fete, he poīteth with his fingers, he is euer ymagenige myschefe & frowardnesse ī his hert, & causeth discorde Therfore shal his destruccion come hastely vpon hym sodenly shal he be al to broken, & nat be healed. These sixe thinges doth the Lord hate, & the seuēth he vtterly abhorreth A proude loke a dyssēblynge tōge handes ye shed innocēt bloude, an herte y• goeth about wycked ymagynacyon fete y• be swyfte in rennynge to do myschefe, a false wytnesse that bringeth vp lyes, & such one as soweth [unspec C] dyscorde amonge brethren. My sonne / kepe thy fathers commaundemente / and forsake nat the lawe of thy mother. Put them vp together in thyne herte, and bynde them aboute thy necke. That they maye leade, the where thou goeste, preserue the when thou arte a slepe, and that when thou awakest, thou mayest talke of them. For the commaundement is a lanterne, and and the lawe a lyght: ye chastenynge and nurtoure is the waye of lyfe, that they may kepe the from the euyll woman, and from the slateringe tonge of the harlot: that thou lust nat after her bewty in thyne herte, and leste thou be taken with her fayre lokes. An harlot wyll make a man to begge hys bred, but a maryed woman wyl hunte for the pre¦cyous lyfe, Maye a man take fyre in hys bo some, and his clothes nat be brente? Or can [unspec D] one go vpon hote coales, and hys fete nat be hurt? Euen so, whosoeuer goeth into his neighbours wyfe, and toucheth her, cannat be vngyity. Men do nat vtterly despyse a thefe that stealeth to satysfye hys soule / when he is hongry, but yf he may be gotten he restoreth agayne seuen tymes as muche, or els he maketh recompēse with all y• good of his house. But who so cōmitteth aduou∣try with a woman, he is a foole, & hryngeth hys lyfe to destruccion. He getteth hym selfe also shame & dishonour / such as shall neuer be put out. For the gelousy and wrath of y• man wyll nat be intreated, no though thou woldest offre hym greate gyftes to make a∣mendes, he wyll nat receaue them.