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BEtter is a drye morsell with quietnesse, [ A] then a euil house and many s•••• catell wt stryfe.
A discrete seruaunt shal haue more rule thē the sonnes that haue no w••sdome,* 1.1 and shall haue lyke heritage with the brethren.
Lyke as siluer is tryed in the fyre and gold in the fornace, euen so doth the Lorde proue the hertes.
A wycked body holdeth m••••••e of false lyp∣pes, and a 〈…〉〈…〉 perso•••••• gyueth care to a disceyt•••••••• 〈…〉〈…〉
* 1.2Who so laugheth the pore to scorne, blas¦phemeth his maker, and he that is glad of an other mans hurte, shall not be vnpunysshed.
Childers children are a worshype vnto the elders, and the fathers are the honoure of the children.
An eloquent speche becommeth not a foole a dissemblynge mouthe also besemeth not a Prince.
Liberalitie is a precious stone vnto him yt [ B] hath it, for where so euer he becommeth, he prospereth.
Who so couereth an other mans offence, se∣keth loue: but he that discloseth the faute, set¦teth fr••••des at variaunce.
One r••profe onely doth more good to him that hathe vnderstandinge, then an hundred stryppes vnto a fole.
A sedicious personne seketh myschefe, but a cruell messaunger shall be sent against him.
It were better to come against a she Beare robbed of ••er whelpes, then againste a foole in his folyshnesse.
* 1.3Who so rewardeth euyll for good, yt plage shall not departe frome his house.
He that soweth discorde and stryfe, is lyke one that dyggeth vp a water brooke: but an open ennemy is lyke the water that breaketh out and runneth abrode.
The Lorde hateth as well him that iustifi∣eth [ C] the vngodly, as him that condemneth ye innocent.
What helpeth it to gyue a foole money in his hande, where as he hath no mynde to bye wysdome?
He is a frende that all waye loueth, and in aduersi••ie a man shall knowe who is his bro¦ther.
Who so promyseth by the hande, and is surety for an other, he is a fole.
He that loueth stryfe, delyteth in synne: & who so setteth his dore to hyghe, seketh after a fall.
Who so hathe a frowarde hert opteyneth [ D] no good: and he that hathe an ouerthwarte tongue, shall fall into myschefe.
••n vnwyse body bringeth him self into so∣rowe, and the father of a foole canne haue no ioye.
A mery hert maketh a lusty age, but a sorou¦full mynde ••••yeth vp the bones.
* 1.4The vngodly taketh gyftes out of the bo∣some, ••o wreste the wayes of iudgement.
••y•• o•••• shyneth in the face of him that ha••••e vnders••••ndinge, but the eyes of fooles w••ndr•••• thorow ••ut all landes.
* 1.5An 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sonne is a grefe vnto his fa∣ther, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 heuynesse vnto his mother that bare hi••.
To pu••••sh the innocent, and to smyte the princes t••a•• gyue true iudgement, are bothe euyll.
* 1.6He is wyse and discrete, that tempereth his wordes, and he is a man of vnderstandinge, that make••h mo•••••• of his sp••••te.
Y•••• a 〈…〉〈…〉 ••hen he holdeth his ton∣gue, is c••unte•• wyse, and to haue vnderstan∣dinge, ••hen he shutteth his lyppes.
Eccle .x. d
i. Pro .xiiij. d. Io•• .xxxi c. Pro .xxiiij c.
Roma .xii. d .i. Pet .ix. b .i. Thes .v. d.
Pro .xii. d and xv .v. Eccles .xxx .c. Apoca. ••••iij. a.
Ecclesi .ij c and .vij. ••.
Iacob .iij. a.