¶ The purgacyon of the slouthfull. Of the foolyshe sonne and dauughter, we must haue dyscrecyon howe & to whom we ought to preach, of sorowynge vpon the deade. A fole is not to be much talked with all. Iniuryes & wronges do brenke frendshypy and amytye.
CAPI. XXII.
A Slouthfull body is moulded of a sto∣ne [unspec A] of cla••e, and euery man wyl speake to hys vysprayse. A slouthfull body is made of the donge of oxen and euery one that toucheth hym muste washe hys handes a∣gayne. A mysnurtured sonne is the disho¦noure of the father. A foolyshe daughter shall be lytle regarded. A wyse daughter is an herytage vnto her husbande: but she that commeth to dishonesty / bringeth her father in heuynes. A daughter that is past shame, dishonoureth both her father & her husbād, the vngodly shal regarde her, but they both shall despyse her. The playeng of Musicke is not mete where heuines is / euen so is the correcciō and doctrine of wysdome euer vn pleasaunt vnto fooles.
Who so teacheth a foole, is euen as one y• [unspec B] gleweth a potsharde together: as one that telleth a tale to hym that heareth hym not / and as one that raiseth a mā out of an heuy slepe. Who so telleth a foole of wysdome, is euen as a mā, which speaketh to one that is a slepe. When he hath tolde hys tale / he say∣eth: what is the matter? When one dyeth / lamentacyon is made for hym / because the lyght fayleth hym: euen so let men mourne ouer a foole: for he wanteh vnderstanding. Make but lytle wepyng because of the deed. for he is come to rest / but the lyfe of the fole is worse thē the deeth. Seuen dates do men mourne for him that is deed, but the lamen∣tacion ouer the vnwyse and vngodly shuld endure all the dayes of theyr lyfe.
Talke not much with a foole, and go not [unspec C] with him that hath no vnderstanding. Be∣ware of him, lest it turne y• to trauayle, and thou shalt not be defyled wt hys synne. De∣parte frō him, and thou shalt finde rest, and shalt not be drawen back into h{is} folyshnes. What is heuier then leade? And what shuld a foole be called els but leade? ‡ Sand, salt / and a lūpe of yron is easier to beare then an vnwyse, folish, and vngodly mā, Like as y• bande of wod bounde together in the foun∣dacion of the house cānot be lowsed: euen so it is wt the hert y• is stablyshed in y• thought of councell. The thought of the wyse shall neyther feare / nor be offended at any tyme.
Lyke as a fayre playitred wall in a wyn∣ter [unspec D] house, & an hye building, may not abyde the wynde and storme: euen so is a foles hert afrayed in hys ymagynacion / he feareth at euery thynge, and cannot endure.) A waue∣ryng hart in the ymaginacyon of a fole wyl not euer stand in awe, but he y• abydeth ithe cōmaundemētes of God, wyl alway feare.)
He that nyppeth a mans eye / bryngeth forth teares: & he y• prycketh y• hert, bringeth forth the meanyng and thought, Who so ca¦steth a stone at y• byrdes, frayeth thē awaye: and he that blasphemeth his frēde, breaketh the frendshyppe: though y• drewest a sl••••rde at thy frende yet dispayre not / for yu mayest come agayne to thy frende. If he speake sowrely, feare not, for ye maye be agreed to∣gether agayne: except it be that thou blas∣pheme him, dysdayne him, open his secretes & woūde him traytorously: for all such thin∣ges shall dryue awaye a frende.