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WYC PRO Chapter 27

27 Haue thou not glorie on the morewe, `not knowynge what thing the dai to comynge schal bringe forth. 2 Another man, and not thi mouth preise thee; a straunger, and not thi lippis `preise thee. 3 A stoon is heuy, and grauel is chariouse; but the ire of a fool is heuyere than euer eithir. 4 Ire hath no merci, and woodnesse brekynge out `hath no merci; and who mai suffre the fersnesse of a spirit stirid? 5 Betere is opyn repreuyng, than loue hid. 6 Betere ben the woundis of hym that loueth, than the gileful cossis of hym that hatith. 7 A man fillid schal dispise an hony coomb; but an hungri man schal take, yhe, bittir thing for swete. 8 As a brid passinge ouer fro his nest, so is a man that forsakith his place. 9 The herte delitith in oynement, and dyuerse odours; and a soule is maad swete bi the good counsels of a frend. 10 Forsake thou not thi frend, and the frend of thi fadir; and entre thou not in to the hous of thi brothir, in the dai of thi turment. Betere is a neiybore nyy, than a brothir afer. 11 Mi sone, studie thou a boute wisdom, and make thou glad myn herte; that thou maist answere a word to a dispisere. 12 A fel man seynge yuel was hid; litle men of wit passinge forth suffriden harmes. 13 Take thou awei his clooth, that bihiyte for a straunger; and take thou awei a wed fro hym for an alien man. 14 He that blessith his neiybore with greet vois; and risith bi niyt, schal be lijk hym that cursith. 15 Roouys droppynge in the dai of coold, and a womman ful of chidyng ben comparisond. 16 He that withholdith hir, as if he holdith wynd; and auoidith the oile of his riyt hond. 17 Yrun is whettid bi irun; and a man whettith the face of his frend. 18 He that kepith a fige tre, schal ete the fruytis therof; and he that is a kepere of his lord, schal be glorified. 19 As the cheris of men biholdinge schynen in watris; so the hertis of men ben opyn to prudent men. 20 Helle and perdicioun schulen not be fillid; so and the iyen of men moun not be fillid. 21 As siluer is preuyd in a wellyng place, and gold `is preued in a furneys; so a man is preued bi the mouth of preyseris. The herte of a wickid man sekith out yuels; but a riytful herte sekith out kunnyng. 22 Thouy thou beetist a fool in a morter, as with a pestel smytynge aboue dried barli; his foli schal not be don awei fro him. 23 Knowe thou diligentli the cheere of thi beeste; and biholde thou thi flockis. 24 For thou schalt not haue power contynueli; but a coroun schal be youun to thee in generacioun and in to generacioun. 25 Medewis ben openyd, and greene eerbis apperiden; and hey is gaderid fro hillis. 26 Lambren be to thi clothing; and kidis be to the prijs of feeld. 27 The mylke of geete suffice to thee for thi meetis; in to the necessarie thingis of thin hous, and to lijflode to thin handmaidis.

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