The vvell of wisedome, conteining chiefe and chosen sayinges vvhiche may leade all men to perfect and true vvisedome, as vvell to Godvvard as to the vvorlde Gathered out of the five bookes of the olde testament, especially belonging to vvisedome, that is to say, the prouerbes of Salomon, Ecclesiastes, Canticum, Sapientia and Ecclesiasticus, and bestowed in usuall common places in order of A. B. C. By T. C.

Obedience and rule.

* 1.1 WHen the righteous haue the o∣uer hand, the people are in pro∣speritie, but when the vngodly beareth rule, then the people mourne.

* 1.2 I must keepe the Kinges commaunde∣mēt, & the oth that I haue made vnto God.

* 1.3 Wish the King no euill in thy thought, and speake no hurt of the rich in thy priuy

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chamber: for a birde of the ayre shal betray thy voyce, and with her fethers shall she be∣wray thy wordes.

* 1.4 Humble thy soule vnto thy elder, & bow downe thy head to a man of worship.

* 1.5 Withstande not the face of the mighty, and striue thou not against the streame.

* 1.6 Like as snow is not meete in Sommer, nor raine in haruest, euen so is worship vn∣seemely for a foole.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Prou. 29. 2.
• * 1.2

  Ecclesiastes 8. 2.
• * 1.3

  Ecclesiastes 10. 19.
• * 1.4

  Ecclesiasti∣cus 4. 7.
• * 1.5

  Ecclesiasti∣cus 4. 25.
• * 1.6

  Pro. 26. 1.