The .xxiii. Chapter.
TAke not ouer greate trauayle and laboure to be ryche, beware of suche a purpose:
Why wylte thou sette thyns eye vpon the thynge, whyche sodeynelye vanishethe awaye: for ry∣ches make themselues wynges, and take theyr flyght lyke an Egle into the ayer.
Kepe no companye with wyne bybbers and ryotous eaters of fleshe, for suche as be droun∣kardes and ryotous shall come to pouertie, and he that is geuen to muche slepe, shall go with a ragged coate.
Who hathe woo? who hath sorowe, who hath strife? who hath braulynge? and who hath woun∣des without a cause? or who hath redde eyes? e∣uen they that be euer at the wyne, and seeke ex∣cesse. Loke not thou vpon the wyne, howe redde it is, and what a coloure it geueth in the glasse, it goeth downe softlye, but at the laste it byteth like a serpent, and stingeth as an adder.
My sonne thou eatest hony and the swete ho∣nye combe, because it is good and sweete in thy mouth: euen so shall knowledge of wysdome be vnto thy soule, assone as thou hast gotten it.
A iuste man falleth seuen tymes, and ryseth