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1The parablis of Salomon, the sone of Dauid, king of Israel; 2to kunne wisdom and kunnyng; 3to vndurstonde the wordis of prudence; and to take the lernyng of teching; to take riytfulnesse, and dom, and equyte; 4that felnesse be youun to litle children, and kunnyng, and vndurstonding to a yong wexynge man. 5A wise man heringe schal be wisere; and a man vndurstondinge schal holde gouernails. 6He schal perseyue a parable, and expownyng; the wordis of wise men, and the derk figuratif spechis of hem. 7The drede of the Lord is the bigynning of wisdom; foolis dispisen wisdom and teching. 8My sone, here thou the teching of thi fadir, and forsake thou not the lawe of thi modir; 9that grace be addid, ethir encreessid, to thin heed, and a bie to thi necke. 10Mi sone, if synneris flateren thee, assente thou not to hem. 11If thei seien, Come thou with vs, sette we aspies to blood, hide we snaris of disseitis ayens an innocent without cause; 12swolowe we him, as helle swolowith a man lyuynge; and al hool, as goynge doun in to a lake; we schulen fynde al preciouse catel, 13we schulen fille oure housis with spuylis; sende thou lot with vs, 14o purs be of vs alle; 15my sone, go thou not with hem; forbede thi foot fro the pathis of hem. 16For the feet of hem rennen to yuel; and thei hasten to schede out blood. 17But a net is leid in veyn bifore the iyen of briddis, that han wengis. 18Also `thilke wickid disseyueris setten aspies ayens her owne blood; and maken redi fraudis ayens her soulis. 19So the pathis of ech auerouse man rauyschen the soulis of hem that welden. 20Wisdom prechith with outforth; in stretis it yyueth his vois. 21It crieth ofte in the heed of cumpenyes; in the leeues of yatis of the citee it bringith forth hise wordis, 22and seith, Hou long, ye litle men in wit, louen yong childhod, and foolis schulen coueyte tho thingis, that ben harmful to hem silf, and vnprudent men schulen hate kunnyng? 23Be ye conuertid at my repreuyng; lo, Y schal profre forth to you my spirit, and Y schal schewe my wordis. 24For Y clepide, and ye forsoken; Y helde forth myn hond, and noon was that bihelde. 25Ye dispisiden al my councel; and chargiden not my blamyngis. 26And Y schal leiye in youre perisching; and Y schal scorne you, whanne that, that ye dreden, cometh to you. 27Whanne sodeyne wretchidnesse fallith in, and perisching bifallith as tempest; whanne tribulacioun and angwisch cometh on you. 28Thanne thei schulen clepe me, and Y schal not here; thei schulen rise eerli, and thei schulen not fynde me. 29For thei hatiden teching, and thei token not the drede of the Lord, 30nether assentiden to my councel, and depraueden al myn amendyng. 31Therfor thei schulen ete the fruytis of her weie; and thei schulen be fillid with her counseils. 32The turnyng awei of litle men in wit schal sle hem; and the prosperite of foolis schal leese hem. 33But he that herith me, schal reste with outen drede; and he schal vse abundaunce, whanne the drede of yuels is takun awei. 2Mi sone, if thou resseyuest my wordis, `and hidist myn heestis anentis thee; 2that thin eere here wisdom, bowe thin herte to knowe prudence. 3For if thou inwardli clepist wisdom, and bowist thin herte to prudence; 4if thou sekist it as money, and diggist it out as tresours; 5thanne thou schalt vndirstonde the drede of the Lord, and schalt fynde the kunnyng of God. 6For the Lord yyueth wisdom; and prudence and kunnyng is of his mouth. 7He schal kepe the heelthe of riytful men, and he schal defende hem that goen sympli. 8And he schal kepe the pathis of riytfulnesse, and he schal kepe the weies of hooli men. 9Thanne thou schalt vndirstonde riytfulnesse, and dom, and equytee, and ech good path. 10If wysdom entrith in to thin herte, and kunnyng plesith thi soule, 11good councel schal kepe thee, and prudence schal kepe thee; that thou be delyuered fro an yuel weie, 12and fro a man that spekith weiward thingis. 13Whiche forsaken a riytful weie, and goen bi derk weies; 14whiche ben glad, whanne thei han do yuel, and maken ful out ioye in worste thingis; 15whose weies ben weywerd, and her goyingis ben of yuel fame. 16That thou be delyuered fro an alien womman, and fro a straunge womman, that makith soft hir wordis; 17and forsakith the duyk of hir tyme of mariage, 18and hath foryete the couenaunt of hir God. For the hous of hir is bowid to deeth, and hir pathis to helle. 19Alle that entren to hir, schulen not turne ayen, nether schulen catche the pathis of lijf. 20That thou go in a good weie, and kepe the pathis of iust men. 21Forsothe thei that ben riytful, schulen dwelle in the lond; and symple men schulen perfitli dwelle ther ynne. 22But vnfeithful men schulen be lost fro the loond; and thei that doen wickidli, schulen be takun awey fro it. 3Mi sone, foryete thou not my lawe; and thyn herte kepe my comaundementis. 2For tho schulen sette to thee the lengthe of daies, and the yeeris of lijf, and pees. 3Merci and treuthe forsake thee not; bynde thou tho to thi throte, and write in the tablis of thin herte. 4And thou schalt fynde grace, and good teching bifore God and men. 5Haue thou trist in the Lord, of al thin herte; and triste thou not to thi prudence. 6In alle thi weies thenke thou on hym, and he schal dresse thi goyngis. 7Be thou not wijs anentis thi silf; drede thou God, and go awei fro yuel. 8For whi helthe schal be in thi nawle, and moisting of thi boonys. 9Onoure thou the Lord of thi catel, and of the beste of alle thi fruytis yyue thou to pore men; 10and thi bernes schulen be fillid with abundaunce, and pressours schulen flowe with wiyn. 11My sone, caste thou not awei the teching of the Lord; and faile thou not, whanne thou art chastisid of him. 12For the Lord chastisith hym, whom he loueth; and as a fadir in the sone he plesith hym. 13Blessid is the man that fyndith wisdom, and which flowith with prudence. 14The geting therof is betere than the marchaundie of gold and of siluer; the fruytis therof ben the firste and clenneste. 15It is preciousere than alle richessis; and alle thingis that ben desirid, moun not be comparisound to this. 16Lengthe of daies is in the riythalf therof, and richessis and glorie ben in the lifthalf therof. 17The weies therof ben feire weies, and alle the pathis therof ben pesible. 18It is a tre of lijf to hem that taken it; and he that holdith it, is blessid. 19The Lord foundide the erthe bi wisdom; he stablischide heuenes bi prudence. 20The depthis of watris braken out bi his wisdom; and cloudis wexen togidere bi dewe. 21My sone, these thingis flete not awey fro thin iyen; kepe thou my lawe, and my counsel; 22and lijf schal be to thi soule, and grace `schal be to thi chekis. 23Thanne thou schalt go tristili in thi weie; and thi foot schal not snapere. 24If thou schalt slepe, thou schalt not drede; thou schalt reste, and thi sleep schal be soft. 25Drede thou not bi sudeyne feer, and the powers of wickid men fallynge in on thee. 26For the Lord schal be at thi side; and he schal kepe thi foot, that thou be not takun. 27Nil thou forbede to do wel him that mai; if thou maist, and do thou wel. 28Seie thou not to thi frend, Go, and turne thou ayen, and to morewe Y schal yyue to thee; whanne thou maist yyue anoon. 29Ymagyne thou not yuel to thi freend, whanne he hath trist in thee. 30Stryue thou not ayens a man with out cause, whanne he doith noon yuel to thee. 31Sue thou not an vniust man, sue thou not hise weies. 32For ech disseyuer is abhomynacioun of the Lord; and his speking is with simple men. 33Nedinesse is sent of the Lord in the hous of a wickid man; but the dwelling places of iust men schulen be blessid. 34He schal scorne scorneris; and he schal yyue grace to mylde men. 35Wise men schulen haue glorie; enhaunsing of foolis is schenschipe. 4Sones, here ye the teching of the fadir; and perseiue ye, that ye kunne prudence. 2Y schal yyue to you a good yifte; forsake ye not my lawe. 3For whi and Y was the sone of my fadir, a tendir sone, and oon `gendride bifore my modir. 4And my fadir tauyte me, and seide, Thin herte resseyue my wordis; kepe thou myn heestis, and thou schalt lyue. 5Welde thou wisdom, welde thou prudence; foryete thou not, nethir bowe thou awey fro the wordis of my mouth. 6Forsake thou not it, and it schal kepe thee; loue thou it, and it schal kepe thee. 7The bigynnyng of wisdom, welde thou wisdom; and in al thi possessioun gete thou prudence. 8Take thou it, and it schal enhaunse thee; thou schalt be glorified of it, whanne thou hast biclippid it. 9It schal yyue encresyngis of graces to thin heed; and a noble coroun schal defende thee. 10Mi sone, here thou, and take my wordis; that the yeris of lijf be multiplied to thee. 11Y schal schewe to thee the weie of wisdom; and Y schal lede thee bi the pathis of equyte. 12In to whiche whanne thou hast entrid, thi goyngis schulen not be maad streit; and thou schalt rennen, and schalt not haue hirtyng. 13Holde thou teching, and forsake it not; kepe thou it, for it is thi lijf. 14Delite thou not in the pathis of wyckid men; and the weie of yuele men plese not thee. 15Fle thou fro it, and passe thou not therbi; bowe thou awei, and forsake it. 16For thei slepen not, `no but thei han do yuele; and sleep is rauyschid fro hem, no but thei han disseyued. 17Thei eten the breed of vnpite, and drinken the wyn of wickidnesse. 18But the path of iust men goith forth as liyt schynynge, and encreessith til to perfit dai. 19The weie of wickid men is derk; thei witen not where thei schulen falle. 20Mi sone, herkene thou my wordis; and bowe doun thin eeris to my spechis. 21Go not tho awei fro thyn iyen; kepe thou hem in the myddil of thin herte. 22For tho ben lijf to men fyndynge thoo, and heelthe `of al fleisch. 23With al keping kepe thin herte, for lijf cometh forth of it. 24Remoue thou a schrewid mouth fro thee; and backbitynge lippis be fer fro thee. 25Thin iyen se riytful thingis; and thin iyeliddis go bifore thi steppis. 26Dresse thou pathis to thi feet, and alle thi weies schulen be stablischid. 27Bowe thou not to the riytside, nether to the leftside; turne awei thi foot fro yuel. For the Lord knowith the weies that ben at the riytside; but the weies ben weiward, that ben at the leftside. Forsothe he schal make thi goyngis riytful; and thi weies schulen be brouyt forth in pees. 5Mi sone, perseyue thou my wisdom, and bowe doun thin eere to my prudence; that thou kepe thi thouytis, 2and thi lippis kepe teching. Yyue thou not tent to the falsnesse of a womman; 3for the lippis of an hoore ben an hony coomb droppinge, and hir throte is clerere than oile; 4but the last thingis ben bittir as wormod, and hir tunge is scharp as a swerd keruynge on ech side. 5Hir feet gon doun in to deeth; and hir steppis persen to hellis. 6Tho goon not bi the path of lijf; hir steppis ben vncerteyn, and moun not be souyt out. 7Now therfor, my sone, here thou me, and go not awei fro the wordis of my mouth. 8Make fer thi weie fro hir, and neiye thou not to the doris of hir hous. 9Yyue thou not thin onour to aliens, and thi yeeris to the cruel; 10lest perauenture straungeris be fillid with thi strengthis, and lest thi trauels be in an alien hous; 11and thou biweile in the laste daies, whanne thou hast wastid thi fleschis, and thi bodi; and thou seie, 12Whi wlatide Y teching, and myn herte assentide not to blamyngis; 13nether Y herde the voys of men techinge me, and Y bowide not doun myn eere to maistris? 14Almest Y was in al yuel, in the myddis of the chirche, and of the synagoge. 15Drinke thou watir of thi cisterne, and the floodis of thi pit. 16Thi wellis be stremed forth; and departe thi watris in stretis. 17Haue thou aloone `tho watris; and aliens be not thi parceneris. 18Thi veyne be blessid; and be thou glad with the womman of thi yong wexynge age. 19An hynde moost dereworthe; and an hert calf moost acceptable. Hir teetis fille thee in al tyme; and delite thou contynueli in the loue of hir. 20Mi sone, whi art thou disseyued of an alien womman; and art fostrid in the bosum of an othere? 21The Lord seeth the weie of a man; and biholdith alle hise steppis. 22The wickidnessis of a wyckid man taken hym; and he is boundun with the roopis of hise synnes. 23He schal die, for he hadde not lernyng; and he schal be disseyued in the mychilnesse of his fooli. 6Mi sone, if thou hast bihiyt for thi freend; thou hast fastned thin hoond at a straunger. 2Thou art boundun bi the wordis of thi mouth; and thou art takun with thin owne wordis. 3Therfor, my sone, do thou that that Y seie, and delyuere thi silf; for thou hast fallun in to the hond of thi neiybore. Renne thou aboute, haste thou, reise thi freend; 4yyue thou not sleep to thin iyen, nether thin iyeliddis nappe. 5Be thou rauyschid as a doo fro the hond; and as a bridde fro aspiyngis of the foulere. 6O! thou slowe man, go to the `amte, ether pissemyre; and biholde thou hise weies, and lerne thou wisdom. 7Which whanne he hath no duyk, nethir comaundour, nether prince; 8makith redi in somer mete to hym silf, and gaderith togidere in heruest that, that he schal ete. 9Hou long schalt thou, slow man, slepe? whanne schalt thou rise fro thi sleep? 10A litil thou schalt slepe, a litil thou schalt nappe; a litil thou schalt ioyne togidere thin hondis, that thou slepe. 11And nedynesse, as a weigoere, schal come to thee; and pouert, as an armed man. Forsothe if thou art not slow, thi ripe corn schal come as a welle; and nedynesse schal fle fer fro thee. 12A man apostata, a man vnprofitable, he goith with a weiward mouth; 13he bekeneth with iyen, he trampith with the foot, he spekith with the fyngur, 14bi schrewid herte he ymagyneth yuel, and in al tyme he sowith dissenciouns. 15His perdicioun schal come to hym anoon, and he schal be brokun sodeynli; and he schal no more haue medecyn. 16Sixe thingis ben, whyche the Lord hatith; and hise soule cursith the seuenthe thing. 17Hiye iyen, a tunge liere, hondis schedinge out innocent blood, 18an herte ymagynynge worste thouytis, feet swifte to renne in to yuel, 19a man bringynge forth lesingis, a fals witnesse; and him that sowith discordis among britheren. 20Mi sone, kepe the comaundementis of thi fadir; and forsake not the lawe of thi modir. 21Bynde thou tho continueli in thin herte; and cumpasse `to thi throte. 22Whanne thou goist, go tho with thee; whanne thou slepist, kepe tho thee; and thou wakynge speke with tho. 23For the comaundement of God is a lanterne, and the lawe is liyt, and the blamyng of techyng is the weie of lijf; 24`that the comaundementis kepe thee fro an yuel womman, and fro a flaterynge tunge of a straunge womman. 25Thin herte coueite not the fairnesse of hir; nether be thou takun bi the signes of hir. 26For the prijs of an hoore is vnnethe of o loof; but a womman takith the preciouse soule of a man. 27Whether a man mai hide fier in his bosum, that hise clothis brenne not; 28ethir go on colis, and hise feet be not brent? 29So he that entrith to the wijf of his neiybore; schal not be cleene, whanne he hath touchid hir. 30It is not greet synne, whanne a man stelith; for he stelith to fille an hungri soule. 31And he takun schal yelde the seuenthe fold; and he schal yyue al the catel of his hous, and schal delyuere hym silf. 32But he that is avouter; schal leese his soule, for the pouert of herte. 33He gaderith filthe, and sclaundrith to hym silf; and his schenschip schal not be don awei. 34For the feruent loue and strong veniaunce of the man schal not spare in the dai of veniaunce, 35nether schal assente to the preieris of ony; nether schal take ful many yiftis for raunsum. 7Mi sone, kepe thou my wordis; and kepe myn heestis to thee. Sone, onoure thou the Lord, and thou schalt be `myyti; but outakun hym drede thou not an alien. 2Kepe thou myn heestis, and thou schalt lyue; and my lawe as the appil of thin iyen. 3Bynde thou it in thi fyngris; write thou it in the tablis of thin herte. 4Seie thou to wisdom, Thou art my sistir; and clepe thou prudence thi frendesse. 5That it kepe thee fro a straunge womman; and fro an alien womman, that makith hir wordis swete. 6For whi fro the wyndow of myn hous bi the latijs Y bihelde; and Y se litle children. 7I biholde a yong man coward, 8that passith bi the stretis, bisidis the corner; and he 9goith niy the weie of hir hous in derk tyme, whanne the dai drawith to niyt, in the derknessis and myst of the nyyt. 10And lo! a womman, maad redi with ournement of an hoore to disseyue soulis, meetith hym, and sche is a ianglere, and goynge about, 11and vnpacient of reste, and mai not stonde in the hous with hir feet; 12and now without forth, now in stretis, now bisidis corneris sche `aspieth. 13And sche takith, and kissith the yong man; and flaterith with wowynge cheer, and seith, Y ouyte sacrifices for heelthe; 14to dai Y haue yolde my vowis. 15Therfor Y yede out in to thi meetyng, and Y desiride to se thee; and Y haue founde thee. 16Y haue maad my bed with coordis, Y haue arayed with tapetis peyntid of Egipt; 17Y haue bispreynt my bed with myrre, and aloes, and canel. 18Come thou, be we fillid with tetis, and vse we collyngis that ben coueitid; til the dai bigynne to be cleer. 19For myn hosebonde is not in his hows; he is goon a ful long weie. 20He took with hym a bagge of money; he schal turne ayen in to his hous in the dai of ful moone. 21Sche boonde hym with many wordis; and sche drow forth hym with flateryngis of lippis. 22Anoon he as an oxe led to slayn sacrifice sueth hir, and as a ioli lomb and vnkunnynge; and the fool woot not, that he is drawun to bondys, 23til an arowe perse his mawe. As if a brid hastith to the snare; and woot not, that it is don of the perel of his lijf. 24Now therfor, my sone, here thou me; and perseyue the wordis of my mouth. 25Lest thi soule be drawun awei in the weies of hir; nether be thou disseyued in the pathis of hir. 26For sche castide doun many woundid men; and alle strongeste men weren slayn of hir. 27The weies of helle is hir hous; and persen in to ynnere thingis of deeth. 8Whether wisdom crieth not ofte; and prudence yyueth his vois? 2In souereyneste and hiy coppis, aboue the weie, in the myddis of pathis, 3and it stondith bisidis the yate of the citee, in thilke closyngis, and spekith, and seith, A! 4ye men, Y crie ofte to you; and my vois is to the sones of men. 5Litle children, vndirstonde ye wisdom; and ye vnwise men, `perseyue wisdom. 6Here ye, for Y schal speke of grete thingis; and my lippis schulen be openyd, to preche riytful thingis. 7My throte schal bithenke treuthe; and my lippis schulen curse a wickid man. 8My wordis ben iust; no schrewid thing, nether weiward is in tho. 9`My wordis ben riytful to hem that vndurstonden; and ben euene to hem that fynden kunnyng. 10Take ye my chastisyng, and not money; chese ye teching more than tresour. 11For wisdom is betere than alle richessis moost preciouse; and al desirable thing mai not be comparisound therto. 12Y, wisdom, dwelle in counsel; and Y am among lernyd thouytis. 13The drede of the Lord hatith yuel; Y curse boost, and pride, and a schrewid weie, and a double tungid mouth. 14Counseil is myn, and equyte `is myn; prudence is myn, and strengthe `is myn. 15Kyngis regnen bi me; and the makeris of lawis demen iust thingis bi me. 16Princis comaunden bi me; and myyti men demen riytfulnesse bi me. 17I loue hem that louen me; and thei that waken eerli to me, schulen fynde me. 18With me ben rychessis, and glorie; souereyn richessis, and riytfulnesse. 19My fruyt is betere than gold, and precyouse stoon; and my seedis ben betere than chosun siluer. 20Y go in the weies of riytfulnesse, in the myddis of pathis of doom; 21that Y make riche hem that louen me, and that Y fille her tresouris. 22The Lord weldide me in the bigynnyng of hise weies; bifore that he made ony thing, at the bigynnyng. 23Fro with out bigynnyng Y was ordeined; and fro elde tymes, bifor that the erthe was maad. 24Depthis of watris weren not yit; and Y was conseyued thanne. The wellis of watris hadden not brokun out yit, 25and hillis stoden not togidere yit bi sad heuynesse; bifor litil hillis Y was born. 26Yit he hadde not maad erthe; and floodis, and the herris of the world. 27Whanne he made redi heuenes, Y was present; whanne he cumpasside the depthis of watris bi certeyn lawe and cumpas. 28Whanne he made stidfast the eir aboue; and weiede the wellis of watris. 29Whanne he cumpasside to the see his marke; and settide lawe to watris, that tho schulden not passe her coostis. Whanne he peiside the foundementis of erthe; 30Y was making alle thingis with him. And Y delitide bi alle daies, and pleiede bifore hym in al tyme, 31and Y pleiede in the world; and my delices ben to be with the sones of men. 32Now therfor, sones, here ye me; blessid ben thei that kepen my weies. 33Here ye teching, and be ye wise men; and nile ye caste it awei. 34Blessid is the man that herith me, and that wakith at my yatis al dai; and kepith at the postis of my dore. 35He that fyndith me, schal fynde lijf; and schal drawe helthe of the Lord. 36But he that synneth ayens me, schal hurte his soule; alle that haten me, louen deeth. 9Wisdom bildide an hous to him silf; he hewide out seuene pileris, 2he offride his slayn sacrifices, he medlide wijn, and settide forth his table. 3He sente hise handmaides, that thei schulden clepe to the tour; and to the wallis of the citee. 4If ony man is litil; come he to me. And wisdom spak to vnwise men, 5Come ye, ete ye my breed; and drynke ye the wiyn, which Y haue medlid to you. 6Forsake ye yong childhed, and lyue ye; and go ye bi the weyes of prudence. 7He that techith a scornere, doith wrong to him silf; and he that vndirnymmeth a wickid man, gendrith a wem to him silf. 8Nile thou vndirnyme a scornere; lest he hate thee. Vndirnyme thou a wise man; and he schal loue thee. 9Yyue thou occasioun to a wise man; and wisdom schal be encreessid to hym. Teche thou a iust man; and he schal haste to take. 10The bigynnyng of wisdom is the dreed of the Lord; and prudence is the kunnyng of seyntis. 11For thi daies schulen be multiplied bi me; and yeeris of lijf schulen be encreessid to thee. 12If thou art wijs; thou schalt be to thi silf, and to thi neiyboris. Forsothe if thou art a scornere; thou aloone schalt bere yuel. 13A fonned womman, and ful of cry, and ful of vnleueful lustis, and that kan no thing outirli, 14sittith in the doris of hir hous, on a seete, in an hiy place of the cite; 15to clepe men passinge bi the weie, and men goynge in her iournei. 16Who is a litil man `of wit; bowe he to me. And sche spak to a coward, 17Watris of thefte ben swettere, and breed hid is swettere. 18And wiste not that giauntis ben there; and the gestis `of hir ben in the depthis of helle. Sotheli he that schal be applied, ether fastned, to hir; schal go doun to hellis. For whi he that goith awei fro hir; schal be saued. 10The parablis of Salomon. A wijs sone makith glad the fadir; but a fonned sone is the sorewe of his modir. 2Tresouris of wickidnesse schulen not profite; but riytfulnesse schal delyuere fro deth. 3The Lord schal not turmente the soule of a iust man with hungur; and he schal distrie the tresouns of vnpitouse men. 4A slow hond hath wrouyt nedynesse; but the hond of stronge men makith redi richessis. Forsothe he that enforsith to gete `ony thing bi leesyngis, fedith the wyndis; sotheli the same man sueth briddis fleynge. 5He that gaderith togidere in heruest, is a wijs sone; but he that slepith in sommer, is a sone of confusioun. 6The blessing of God is ouer the heed of a iust man; but wickidnesse hilith the mouth of wickid men. 7The mynde of a iust man schal be with preisingis; and the name of wickid men schal wexe rotun. 8A wijs man schal resseyue comaundementis with herte; a fool is betun with lippis. 9He that goith simpli, goith tristili; but he that makith schrewid hise weies, schal be opyn. 10He that bekeneth with the iye, schal yyue sorewe; a fool schal be betun with lippis. 11The veyne of lijf is the mouth of a iust man; but the mouth of wickid men hilith wickidnesse. 12Hatrede reisith chidingis; and charite hilith alle synnes. 13Wisdom is foundun in the lippis of a wise man; and a yerd in the bak of him that is nedi of herte. 14Wise men hiden kunnyng; but the mouth of a fool is nexte to confusioun. 15The catel of a riche man is the citee of his strengthe; the drede of pore men is the nedynesse of hem. 16The werk of a iust man is to lijf; but the fruyt of a wickid man is to synne. 17The weie of lijf is to him that kepith chastising; but he that forsakith blamyngis, errith. 18False lippis hiden hatrede; he that bringith forth dispisinge is vnwijs. 19Synne schal not faile in myche spekyng; but he that mesurith hise lippis, is moost prudent. 20Chosun siluer is the tunge of a iust man; the herte of wickid men is for nouyt. 21The lippis of a iust man techen ful manye men; but thei that ben vnlerned, schulen die in nedinesse of herte. 22The blessing of the Lord makith riche men; and turment schal not be felowschipid to hem. 23A fool worchith wickidnesse as bi leiyyng; but `wisdom is prudence to a man. 24That that a wickid man dredith, schal come on hym; the desire of iust men schalbe youun to hem. 25As a tempeste passynge, a wickid man schal not be; but a iust man schal be as an euerlastynge foundement. 26As vynegre noieth the teeth, and smoke noieth the iyen; so a slow man noieth hem that senten hym in the weie. 27The drede of the Lord encreesith daies; and the yeeris of wickid men schulen be maad schort. 28Abiding of iust men is gladnesse; but the hope of wickid men schal perische. 29The strengthe of a symple man is the weie of the Lord; and drede to hem that worchen yuel. 30A iust man schal not be moued with outen ende; but wickid men schulen not dwelle on the erthe. 31The mouth of a iust man schal bringe forth wisdom; the tunge of schrewis schal perische. 32The lippis of a iust man biholden pleasaunt thingis; and the mouth of wickid men byholdith weiward thingis. 11A gileful balaunce is abhominacioun anentis God; and an euene weiyte is his wille. 2Where pride is, there also dispising schal be; but where meeknesse is, there also is wisdom. 3The simplenesse of iust men schal dresse hem; and the disseyuyng of weiward men schal destrie hem. 4Richessis schulen not profite in the dai of veniaunce; but riytfulnesse schal delyuere fro deth. 5The riytfulnesse of a simple man schal dresse his weie; and a wickid man schal falle in his wickidnesse. 6The riytfulnesse of riytful men schal delyuere hem; and wickid men schulen be takun in her aspiyngis. 7Whanne a wickid man is deed, noon hope schal be ferther; and abidyng of bisy men schal perische. 8A iust man is delyuered from angwisch; and a wickid man schal be youun for hym. 9A feynere bi mouth disseyueth his freend; but iust men schulen be deliuered bi kunnyng. 10A citee schal be enhaunsid in the goodis of iust men; and preysyng schal be in the perdicioun of wickid men. 11A citee schal be enhaunsid bi blessing of iust men; and it schal be distried bi the mouth of wickid men. 12He that dispisith his freend, is nedi in herte; but a prudent man schal be stille. 13He that goith gilefuli, schewith priuetees; but he that is feithful, helith the priuetee of a freend. 14Where a gouernour is not, the puple schal falle; but helthe `of the puple is, where ben many counsels. 15He that makith feith for a straunger, schal be turmentid with yuel; but he that eschewith snaris, schal be sikur. 16A graciouse womman schal fynde glorie; and stronge men schulen haue richessis. 17A merciful man doith wel to his soule; but he that is cruel, castith awei, yhe, kynnesmen. 18A wickid man makith vnstable werk; but feithful mede is to hym, that sowith riytfulnesse. 19Merci schal make redi lijf; and the suyng of yuels `schal make redi deth. 20A schrewid herte is abhomynable to the Lord; and his wille is in hem, that goen symply. 21Thouy hond be in the hond, an yuel man schal not be innocent; but the seed of iust men schal be sauyd. 22A goldun `sercle, ether ryng, in the `nose thrillis of a sowe, a womman fair and fool. 23The desir of iust men is al good; abiding of wickid men is woodnesse. 24Sum men departen her owne thingis, and ben maad richere; other men rauyschen thingis, that ben not hern, and ben euere in nedynesse. 25A soule that blessith, schal be maad fat; and he that fillith, schal be fillid also. 26He that hidith wheete `in tyme, schal be cursid among the puplis; but blessyng schal come on the heed of silleris. 27Wel he risith eerli, that sekith good thingis; but he that is a serchere of yuels, schal be oppressid of tho. 28He that tristith in hise richessis, schal falle; but iust men schulen buriowne as a greene leef. 29He that disturblith his hows, schal haue wyndis in possessioun; and he that is a fool, schal serue a wijs man. 30The fruyt of a riytful man is the tre of lijf; and he that takith soulis, is a wijs man. 31If a iust man receyueth in erthe, how miche more an vnfeithful man, and synnere. 12He that loueth chastisyng, loueth kunnyng; but he that hatith blamyngis, is vnwijs. 2He that is good, schal drawe to hym silf grace of the Lord; but he that tristith in hise thouytis, doith wickidli. 3A man schal not be maad strong by wyckidnesse; and the root of iust men schal not be moued. 4A diligent womman is a coroun to hir hosebond; and rot is in the boonys of that womman, that doith thingis worthi of confusioun. 5The thouytis of iust men ben domes; and the counselis of wickid men ben gileful. 6The wordis of wickid men setten tresoun to blood; the mouth of iust men schal delyuere hem. 7Turne thou wickid men, and thei schulen not be; but the housis of iust men schulen dwelle perfitli. 8A man schal be knowun bi his teching; but he that is veyn and hertles, schal be open to dispising. 9Betere is a pore man, and sufficient to him silf, than a gloriouse man, and nedi of breed. 10A iust man knowith the soulis of hise werk beestis; but the entrailis of wickid men ben cruel. 11He that worchith his lond, schal be fillid with looues; but he that sueth idilnesse, is moost fool. He that is swete, lyueth in temperaunces; and in hise monestyngis he forsakith dispisyngis. 12The desir of a wickid man is the memorial of worste thingis; but the roote of iust men schal encreesse. 13For the synnes of lippis `falling doun neiyeth to an yuel man; but a iust man schal scape fro angwisch. 14Of the fruyt of his mouth ech man schal be fillid with goodis; and bi the werkis of hise hondis it schal be yoldun to him. 15The weie of a fool is riytful in hise iyen; but he that is wijs, herith counsels. 16A fool schewith anoon his ire; but he that dissymelith wrongis, is wijs. 17He that spekith that, that he knowith, is a iuge of riytfulnesse; but he that lieth, is a gileful witnesse. 18A man is that bihetith, and he is prickid as with the swerd of conscience; but the tunge of wise men is helthe. 19The lippe of treuthe schal be stidfast with outen ende; but he that is a sudeyn witnesse, makith redi the tunge of leesyng. 20Gile is in the herte of hem that thenken yuels; but ioye sueth hem, that maken counsels of pees. 21What euere bifallith to a iust man, it schal not make hym sori; but wickid men schulen be fillid with yuel. 22False lippis is abhominacioun to the Lord; but thei that don feithfuli, plesen him. 23A fel man hilith kunnyng; and the herte of vnwise men stirith foli. 24The hond of stronge men schal haue lordschip; but the hond that is slow, schal serue to tributis. 25Morenynge in the herte of a iust man schal make hym meke; and he schal be maad glad bi a good word. 26He that dispisith harm for a frend, is a iust man; but the weie of wickid men schal disseyue hem. 27A gileful man schal not fynde wynnyng; and the substaunce of man schal be the prijs of gold. 28Lijf is in the path of riytfulnesse; but the wrong weie leedith to deeth. 13A wijs sone is the teching of the fadir; but he that is a scornere, herith not, whanne he is repreuyd. 2A man schal be fillid with goodis of the fruit of his mouth; but the soule of vnpitouse men is wickid. 3He that kepith his mouth, kepith his soule; but he that is vnwar to speke, schal feel yuels. 4A slow man wole, and wole not; but the soule of hem that worchen schal be maad fat. 5A iust man schal wlate a fals word; but a wickid man schendith, and schal be schent. 6Riytfulnesse kepith the weie of an innocent man; but wickidnesse disseyueth a synnere. 7A man is as riche, whanne he hath no thing; and a man is as pore, whanne he is in many richessis. 8Redempcioun of the soule of man is hise richessis; but he that is pore, suffrith not blamyng. 9The liyt of iust men makith glad; but the lanterne of wickid men schal be quenchid. 10Stryues ben euere a mong proude men; but thei that don alle thingis with counsel, ben gouerned bi wisdom. 11Hastid catel schal be maad lesse; but that that is gaderid litil and litil with hond, schal be multiplied. 12Hope which is dilaied, turmentith the soule; a tre of lijf is desir comyng. 13He that bacbitith ony thing, byndith hym silf in to tyme to comynge; but he that dredith the comaundement, schal lyue in pees. 14The lawe of a wise man is a welle of lijf; that he bowe awei fro the falling of deth. 15Good teching schal yyue grace; a swolowe is in the weie of dispiseris. 16A fel man doith alle thingis with counsel; but he that is a fool, schal opene foli. 17The messanger of a wickid man schal falle in to yuel; a feithful messanger is helthe. 18Nedynesse and schenschip is to him that forsakith techyng; but he that assentith to a blamere, schal be glorified. 19Desir, if it is fillid, delitith the soule; foolis wlaten hem that fleen yuels. 20He that goith with wijs men, schal be wijs; the freend of foolis schal be maad lijk hem. 21Yuel pursueth synneris; and goodis schulen be yoldun to iust men. 22A good man schal leeue aftir him eiris, sones, and the sones of sones; and the catel of a synnere is kept to a iust man. 23Many meetis ben in the new tilid feeldis of fadris; and ben gaderid to othere men with out doom. 24He that sparith the yerde, hatith his sone; but he that loueth him, techith bisili. 25A iust man etith, and fillith his soule; but the wombe of wickid men is vnable to be fillid. 14A wijs womman bildith hir hous; and an unwijs womman schal distrie with hondis an hous bildid. 2A man goynge in riytful weie, and dredinge God, is dispisid of hym, that goith in a weie of yuel fame. 3The yerde of pride is in the mouth of a fool; the lippis of wijs men kepen hem. 4Where oxis ben not, the cratche is void; but where ful many cornes apperen, there the strengthe of oxe is opyn. 5A feithful witnesse schal not lie; a gileful witnesse bringith forth a leesing. 6A scornere sekith wisdom, and he fyndith not; the teching of prudent men is esy. 7Go thou ayens a man a fool; and he schal not knowe the lippis of prudence. 8The wisdom of a fel man is to vndirstonde his weie; and the vnwarnesse of foolis errith. 9A fool scorneth synne; grace schal dwelle among iust men. 10The herte that knowith the bittirnesse of his soule; a straunger schal not be meddlid in the ioie therof. 11The hous of wickid men schal be don awei; the tabernaclis of iust men schulen buriowne. 12Sotheli a weie is, that semeth iust to a man; but the laste thingis therof leden forth to deth. 13Leiyyng schal be medlid with sorewe; and morenyng ocupieth the laste thingis of ioye. 14A fool schal be fillid with hise weies; and a good man schal be aboue hym. 15An innocent man bileueth to eche word; a felle man biholdith hise goyngis. 16A wijs man dredith, and bowith awei fro yuel; a fool skippith ouer, and tristith. 17A man vnpacient schal worche foli; and a gileful man is odiouse. 18Litle men of wit schulen holde foli; and felle men schulen abide kunnyng. 19Yuel men schulen ligge bifor goode men; and vnpitouse men bifor the yatis of iust men. 20A pore man schal be hateful, yhe, to his neiybore; but many men ben frendis of riche men. 21He that dispisith his neiybore, doith synne; but he that doith merci to a pore man, schal be blessid. He that bileueth in the Lord, loueth merci; 22thei erren that worchen yuel. Merci and treuthe maken redi goodis; 23abundaunce `schal be in ech good werk. Sotheli where ful many wordis ben, there nedynesse is ofte. 24The coroun of wise men is the richessis of hem; the fooli of foolis is vnwarnesse. 25A feithful witnesse delyuereth soulis; and a fals man bringith forth leesyngis. 26In the drede of the Lord is triste of strengthe; and hope schal be to the sones of it. 27The drede of the Lord is a welle of lijf; that it bowe awei fro the fallyng of deth. 28The dignite of the king is in the multitude of puple; and the schenschipe of a prince is in the fewnesse of puple. 29He that is pacient, is gouerned bi myche wisdom; but he that is vnpacient, enhaunsith his foli. 30Helthe of herte is the lijf of fleischis; enuye is rot of boonys. 31He that falsli chalengith a nedi man, dispisith his maker; but he that hath merci on a pore man, onourith that makere. 32A wickid man is put out for his malice; but a iust man hopith in his deth. 33Wisdom restith in the herte of a wijs man; and he schal teche alle vnlerned men. 34Riytfulnesse reisith a folc; synne makith puplis wretchis. 35A mynystre vndurstondynge is acceptable to a kyng; a mynystre vnprofitable schal suffre the wrathfulnesse of him. 15A soft answere brekith ire; an hard word reisith woodnesse. 2The tunge of wise men ourneth kunnyng; the mouth of foolis buylith out foli. 3In ech place the iyen of the Lord biholden good men, and yuel men. 4A plesaunt tunge is the tre of lijf; but the tunge which is vnmesurable, schal defoule the spirit. 5A fool scorneth the techyng of his fadir; but he that kepith blamyngis, schal be maad wisere. Moost vertu schal be in plenteuouse riytfulnesse; but the thouytis of wickid men schulen be drawun vp bi the roote. 6The hous of a iust man is moost strengthe; and disturbling is in the fruitis of a wickid man. 7The lippis of wise men schulen sowe abrood kunnyng; the herte of foolis schal be vnlijc. 8The sacrifices of wickyd men ben abhomynable to the Lord; avowis of iust men ben plesaunt. 9The lijf of the vnpitouse man is abhomynacioun to the Lord; he that sueth riytfulnesse, schal be loued of the Lord. 10Yuel teching is of men forsakinge the weie of lijf; he that hatith blamyngis, schal die. 11Helle and perdicioun ben open bifor the Lord; hou myche more the hertis of sones of men. 12A man ful of pestilence loueth not hym that repreueth him; and he goith not to wyse men. 13A ioiful herte makith glad the face; the spirit is cast doun in the morenyng of soule. 14The herte of a wijs man sekith techyng; and the mouth of foolis is fed with vnkunnyng. 15Alle the daies of a pore man ben yuele; a sikir soule is a contynuel feeste. 16Betere is a litil with the drede of the Lord, than many tresouris and vnfillable. 17It is betere to be clepid to wortis with charite, than with hatrede to a calf maad fat. 18A wrathful man reisith chidyngis; he that is pacient, swagith chidyngis reisid. 19The weie of slow men is an hegge of thornes; the weie of iust men is with out hirtyng. 20A wise sone makith glad the fadir; and a fonned man dispisith his modir. 21Foli is ioye to a fool; and a prudent man schal dresse hise steppis. 22Thouytis ben distried, where no counsel is; but where many counseleris ben, tho ben confermyd. 23A man is glad in the sentence of his mouth; and a couenable word is best. 24The path of lijf is on a lernyd man; that he bowe awei fro the laste helle. 25The Lord schal distrie the hows of proude men; and he schal make stidefast the coostis of a widewe. 26Iuele thouytis is abhomynacioun of the Lord; and a cleene word moost fair schal be maad stidfast of hym. 27He that sueth aueryce, disturblith his hous; but he that hatith yiftis schal lyue. Synnes ben purgid bi merci and feith; ech man bowith awei fro yuel bi the drede of the Lord. 28The soule of a iust man bithenkith obedience; the mouth of wickid men is ful of yuelis. 29The Lord is fer fro wickid men; and he schal here the preyers of iust men. 30The liyt of iyen makith glad the soule; good fame makith fat the boonys. 31The eere that herith the blamyngis of lijf, schal dwelle in the myddis of wise men. 32He that castith awei chastisyng, dispisith his soule; but he that assentith to blamyngis, is pesible holdere of the herte. 33The drede of the Lord is teching of wisdom; and mekenesse goith bifore glorie. 16It perteyneth to man to make redi the soule; and it perteyneth to the Lord to gouerne the tunge. 2Alle the weies of men ben opyn to the iyen of God; the Lord is a weiere of spiritis. 3Schewe thi werkys to the Lord; and thi thouytis schulen be dressid. 4The Lord wrouyte alle thingis for hym silf; and he made redi a wickid man to the yuel dai. 5Abhomynacioun of the Lord is ech proude man; yhe, thouy the hond is to the hond, he schal not be innocent. The bigynnyng of good weie is to do riytwisnesse; forsothe it is more acceptable at God, than to offre sacrifices. 6Wickidnesse is ayen bouyt bi merci and treuthe; and me bowith awei fro yuel bi the drede of the Lord. 7Whanne the weyes of man plesen the Lord, he schal conuerte, yhe, hise enemyes to pees. 8Betere is a litil with riytfulnesse, than many fruytis with wickidnesse. 9The herte of a man schal dispose his weie; but it perteyneth to the Lord to dresse hise steppis. 10Dyuynyng is in the lippis of a king; his mouth schal not erre in doom. 11The domes of the Lord ben weiyte and a balaunce; and hise werkis ben alle the stoonys of the world. 12Thei that don wickidli ben abhomynable to the king; for the trone of the rewme is maad stidfast bi riytfulnesse. 13The wille of kyngis is iust lippis; he that spekith riytful thingis, schal be dressid. 14Indignacioun of the kyng is messangeris of deth; and a wijs man schal plese him. 15Lijf is in the gladnesse of the `cheer of the king; and his merci is as a reyn comynge late. 16Welde thou wisdom, for it is betere than gold; and gete thou prudence, for it is precyousere than siluer. 17The path of iust men bowith awei yuelis; the kepere of his soule kepith his weie. 18Pride goith bifore sorewe; and the spirit schal be enhaunsid byfor fallyng. 19It is betere to be maad meke with mylde men, than to departe spuylis with proude men. 20A lerned man in word schal fynde goodis; and he that hopith in the Lord is blessid. 21He that is wijs in herte, schal be clepid prudent; and he that is swete in speche, schal fynde grettere thingis. 22The welle of lijf is the lernyng of him that weldith; the techyng of foolis is foli. 23The herte of a wijs man schal teche his mouth; and schal encreesse grace to hise lippis. 24Wordis wel set togidere is a coomb of hony; helthe of boonys is the swetnesse of soule. 25A weye is that semeth riytful to a man; and the laste thingis therof leden to deth. 26The soule of a man trauelinge trauelith to hym silf; for his mouth compellide hym. 27An vnwijs man diggith yuel; and fier brenneth in hise lippis. 28A weiward man reisith stryues; and a man ful of wordis departith princis. 29A wickid man flaterith his frend; and ledith hym bi a weie not good. 30He that thenkith schrewid thingis with iyen astonyed, bitith hise lippis, and parformeth yuel. 31A coroun of dignyte is eelde, that schal be foundun in the weies of riytfulnesse. 32A pacient man is betere than a stronge man; and he that `is lord of his soule, is betere than an ouercomere of citees. 33Lottis ben sent into the bosum; but tho ben temperid of the Lord. 17Betere is a drie mussel with ioye, than an hous ful of sacrifices with chidyng. 2A wijs seruaunt schal be lord of fonned sones; and he schal departe eritage among britheren. 3As siluer is preued bi fier, and gold is preued bi a chymnei, so the Lord preueth hertis. 4An yuel man obeieth to a wickid tunge; and a fals man obeieth to false lippis. 5He that dispisith a pore man, repreueth his maker; and he that is glad in the fallyng of another man, schal not be vnpunyschid. 6The coroun of elde men is the sones of sones; and the glorie of sones is the fadris of hem. 7Wordis wel set togidere bisemen not a fool; and a liynge lippe bicometh not a prince. 8A preciouse stoon moost acceptable is the abiding of hym that sekith; whidur euere he turneth hym silf, he vndurstondith prudentli. 9He that helith trespas, sekith frenschipis; he that rehersith bi an hiy word, departith hem, that ben knyt togidere in pees. 10A blamyng profitith more at a prudent man, than an hundryd woundis at a fool. 11Euere an yuel man sekith stryues; forsothe a cruel aungel schal be sent ayens hym. 12It spedith more to meete a femal bere, whanne the whelpis ben rauyschid, than a fool tristynge to hym silf in his foli. 13Yuel schal not go a wei fro the hous of hym, that yeldith yuels for goodis. 14He that leeueth watir, is heed of stryues; and bifor that he suffrith wrong, he forsakith dom. 15Bothe he that iustifieth a wickid man, and he that condempneth a iust man, euer ethir is abhomynable at God. 16What profitith it to a fool to haue richessis, sithen he mai not bie wisdom? He that makith his hous hiy, sekith falling; and he that eschewith to lerne, schal falle in to yuels. 17He that is a frend, loueth in al tyme; and a brother is preuyd in angwischis. 18A fonned man schal make ioie with hondis, whanne he hath bihiyt for his frend. 19He that bithenkith discordis, loueth chidingis; and he that enhaunsith his mouth, sekith fallyng. 20He that is of weiward herte, schal not fynde good; and he that turneth the tunge, schal falle in to yuel. 21A fool is borun in his schenschipe; but nether the fadir schal be glad in a fool. 22A ioiful soule makith likinge age; a sorewful spirit makith drie boonys. 23A wickid man takith yiftis fro the bosum, to mys turne the pathis of doom. 24Wisdom schyneth in the face of a prudent man; the iyen of foolis ben in the endis of erthe. 25A fonned sone is the ire of the fadir, and the sorewe of the modir that gendride hym. 26It is not good to brynge in harm to a iust man; nether to smyte the prince that demeth riytfuli. 27He that mesurith his wordis, is wijs and prudent; and a lerud man is of preciouse spirit. 28Also a foole, if he is stille, schal be gessid a wijs man; and, if he pressith togidre hise lippis, he `schal be gessid an vndurstondynge man. 18He that wole go a wei fro a frend, sekith occasiouns; in al tyme he schal be dispisable. 2A fool resseyueth not the wordis of prudence; `no but thou seie tho thingis, that ben turned in his herte. 3A wickid man, whanne he cometh in to depthe of synnes, dispisith; but sclaundre and schenschipe sueth hym. 4Deep watir is the wordis of the mouth of a man; and a stronde fletinge ouer is the welle of wisdom. 5It is not good to take the persoone of a wickid man in doom, that thou bowe awei fro the treuthe of dom. 6The lippis of a fool medlen hem silf with chidyngis; and his mouth excitith stryues. 7The mouth of a fool is defoulyng of hym; and hise lippis ben the fallynge of his soule. 8The wordis of a double tungid man ben as symple; and tho comen `til to the ynnere thingis of the wombe. Drede castith doun a slowe man; forsothe the soulis of men turned in to wymmens condicioun schulen haue hungur. 9He that is neisch, and vnstidfast in his werk, is the brother of a man distriynge hise werkis. 10A strongeste tour is the name of the Lord; a iust man renneth to hym, and schal be enhaunsid. 11The catel of a riche man is the citee of his strengthe; and as a stronge wal cumpassinge hym. 12The herte of man is enhaunsid, bifor that it be brokun; and it is maad meke, bifore that it be glorified. 13He that answerith bifore that he herith, shewith hym silf to be a fool; and worthi of schenschipe. 14The spirit of a man susteyneth his feblenesse; but who may susteyne a spirit liyt to be wrooth? 15The herte of a prudent man schal holde stidfastli kunnyng; and the eere of wise men sekith techyng. 16The yift of a man alargith his weie; and makith space to hym bifore princes. 17A iust man is the first accusere of hym silf; his frend cometh, and schal serche hym. 18Lot ceessith ayenseiyngis; and demeth also among miyti men. 19A brother that is helpid of a brothir, is as a stidfast citee; and domes ben as the barris of citees. 20A mannus wombe schal be fillid of the fruit of his mouth; and the seedis of hise lippis schulen fille hym. 21Deth and lijf ben in the werkis of tunge; thei that louen it, schulen ete the fruytis therof. 22He that fyndith a good womman, fyndith a good thing; and of the Lord he schal drawe vp myrthe. He that puttith a wey a good womman, puttith awei a good thing; but he that holdith auowtresse, is a fool and vnwijs. 23A pore man schal speke with bisechingis; and a riche man schal speke sterneli. 24A man freendli to felouschipe schal more be a frend, than a brothir. 19Betere is a pore man, that goith in his simplenesse, than a riche man bitynge hise lippis, and vnwijs. 2Where is not kunnyng of the soule, is not good; and he that is hasti, in feet hirtith. 3The foli of a man disseyueth hise steppis; and he brenneth in his soule ayens God. 4Richessis encreessen ful many freendis; forsothe also thei ben departid fro a pore man, whiche he hadde. 5A fals witnesse schal not be vnpunyschid; and he that spekith leesingis, schal not ascape. 6Many men onouren the persoone of a myyti man; and ben frendis of hym that deelith yiftis. 7The britheren of a pore man haten hym; ferthermore and the freendis yeden awei fer fro hym. He that sueth wordis oonli, schal haue no thing; 8but he that holdith stabli the mynde, loueth his soule, and the kepere of prudence schal fynde goodis. 9A fals witnesse schal not be vnpunyschid; and he that spekith leesyngis, schal perische. 10Delices bicomen not a fool; nether `it bicometh a seruaunt to be lord of princes. 11The teching of a man is knowun bi pacience; and his glorie is to passe ouere wickid thingis. 12As the gnasting of a lioun, so and the ire of the king; and as deewe on eerbe, so and the gladnesse of the kyng. 13The sorewe of the fadir is a fonned sone; and roofes droppynge contynueli is a womman ful of chiding. 14Housis and richessis ben youun of fadir and modir; but a prudent wijf is youun propirli of the Lord. 15Slouth bringith in sleep; and a negligent soule schal haue hungur. 16He that kepith the comaundement of God, kepith his soule; but he that chargith not his weie, schal be slayn. 17He that hath mercy on a pore man, leeneth to the Lord; and he schal yelde his while to hym. 18Teche thi sone, and dispeire thou not; but sette thou not thi soule to the sleyng of hym. 19Forsothe he that is vnpacient, schal suffre harm; and whanne he hath rauyschid, he schal leie to anothir thing. 20Here thou counsel, and take thou doctryn; that thou be wijs in thi laste thingis. 21Many thouytis ben in the herte of a man; but the wille of the Lord schal dwelle. 22A nedi man is merciful; and betere is a pore iust man, than a man liere. 23The drede of the Lord ledith to lijf `of blis; and he `that dredith God schal dwelle in plentee, with outen visityng `of the worste. 24A slow man hidith his hond vndur the armpit; and putteth it not to his mouth. 25Whanne a man ful of pestilence is betun, a fool schal be wisere. If thou blamist a wijs man, he schal vndurstonde techyng. 26He that turmentith the fadir, and fleeth fro the modir, schal be ful of yuel fame, and schal be cursid. 27Sone, ceesse thou not to here techyng; and knowe thou the wordis of kunnyng. 28A wickid witnesse scorneth doom; and the mouth of vnpitouse men deuourith wickidnesse. 29Domes ben maad redi to scorneris; and hameris smytynge ben maad redi to the bodies of foolis. 20Wiyn is a letcherouse thing and drunkenesse is ful of noise; who euere delitith in these, schal not be wijs. 2As the roryng of a lioun, so and the drede of the kyng; he that territh hym to ire, synneth ayens his owne lijf. 3It is onour to a man that departith hym silf fro stryuyngis; but fonned men ben medlid with dispisyngis. 4A slow man nolde ere for coold; therfor he schal begge in somer, and me schal not yyue to hym. 5As deep watir, so counsel is in the herte of a man; but a wijs man schal drawe it out. 6Many men ben clepid merciful; but who schal fynde a feithful man? 7Forsothe a iust man that goith in his simplenesse, schal leeue blessid sones aftir hym. 8A king that sittith in the seete of doom, distrieth al yuel bi his lokyng. 9Who may seie, Myn herte is clene; Y am clene of synne? 10A weiyte and a weiyte, a mesure and a mesure, euer eithir is abhomynable at God. 11A child is vndurstondun bi hise studies, yf his werkis ben riytful and cleene. 12An eere heringe, and an iye seynge, God made euere eithir. 13Nyle thou loue sleep, lest nedynesse oppresse thee; opene thin iyen, and be thou fillid with looues. 14Ech biere seith, It is yuel, it is yuel; and whanne he hath go awey, thanne he schal haue glorie. 15Gold, and the multitude of iemmes, and a preciouse vessel, ben the lippis of kunnyng. 16Take thou awei the cloth of hym, that was borewe of an othere man; and for straungeris take thou awei a wed fro hym. 17The breed of a leesing is sweet to a man; and aftirward his mouth schal be fillid with rikenyng. 18Thouytis ben maad strong bi counselis; and bateils schulen be tretid bi gouernals. 19Be thou not medlid with him that schewith pryuetees, and goith gylefulli, and alargith hise lippis. 20The liyt of hym that cursith his fadir and modir, schal be quenchid in the myddis of derknessis. 21Eritage to which me haastith in the bigynnyng, schal wante blessing in the laste tyme. 22Seie thou not, Y schal yelde yuel for yuel; abide thou the Lord, and he schal delyuere thee. 23Abhomynacioun at God is weiyte and weiyte; a gileful balaunce is not good. 24The steppis of man ben dressid of the Lord; who forsothe of men mai vndurstonde his weie? 25Falling of man is to make auow to seyntis, and aftirward to withdrawe the vowis. 26A wijs kyng scaterith wickid men; and bowith a bouwe of victorie ouer hem. 27The lanterne of the Lord is the spirit of man, that sekith out alle the priuetees of the wombe. 28Merci and treuthe kepen a kyng; and his trone is maad strong bi mekenesse. 29The ful out ioiyng of yonge men is the strengthe of hem; and the dignyte of elde men is hoornesse. 30The wannesse of wounde schal wipe aweie yuels, and woundis in the priuyere thingis of the wombe. 21As departyngis of watris, so the herte of the kyng is in the power of the Lord; whidur euer he wole, he schal bowe it. 2Ech weye of a man semeth riytful to hym silf; but the Lord peisith the hertis. 3To do merci and doom plesith more the Lord, than sacrifices doen. 4Enhaunsyng of iyen is alargyng of the herte; the lanterne of wickid men is synne. 5The thouytis of a stronge man ben euere in abundaunce; but ech slow man is euere in nedynesse. 6He that gaderith tresours bi the tunge of a leesing, is veyne, and with outen herte; and he schal be hurtlid to the snaris of deth. 7The raueyns of vnpitouse men schulen drawe hem doun; for thei nolden do doom. 8The weiward weie of a man is alien fro God; but the werk of hym that is cleene, is riytful. 9It is betere to sitte in the corner of an hous with oute roof, than with a womman ful of chydyng, and in a comyn hous. 10The soule of an vnpitouse man desirith yuel; he schal not haue merci on his neiybore. 11Whanne a man ful of pestilence is punyschid, a litil man of wit schal be the wisere; and if he sueth a wijs man, he schal take kunnyng. 12A iust man of the hous of a wickid man thenkith, to withdrawe wickid men fro yuel. 13He that stoppith his eere at the cry of a pore man, schal crye also, and schal not be herd. 14A yift hid quenchith chidyngis; and a yift in bosum quenchith the moost indignacioun. 15It is ioye to a iust man to make doom; and it is drede to hem that worchen wickidnesse. 16A man that errith fro the weie of doctryn, schal dwelle in the cumpany of giauntis. 17He that loueth metis, schal be in nedynesse; he that loueth wiyn and fatte thingis, schal not be maad riche. 18An vnpitouse man schal be youun for a iust man; and a wickid man schal be youun for a riytful man. 19It is betere to dwelle in a desert lond, than with a womman ful of chidyng, and wrathful. 20Desirable tresoure and oile is in the dwelling places of a iust man; and an vnprudent man schal distrie it. 21He that sueth riytfulnesse and mercy, schal fynde lijf and glorie. 22A wijs man stiede `in to the citee of stronge men, and distriede the strengthe of trist therof. 23He that kepith his mouth and his tunge, kepith his soule from angwischis. 24A proude man and boosteere is clepid a fool, that worchith pride in ire. 25Desiris sleen a slow man; for hise hondis nolden worche ony thing. 26Al dai he coueitith and desirith; but he that is a iust man, schal yyue, and schal not ceesse. 27The offringis of wickid men, that ben offrid of greet trespas, ben abhomynable. 28A fals witnesse schal perische; a man obedient schal speke victorie. 29A wickid man makith sad his cheer vnschamefastli; but he that is riytful, amendith his weie. 30No wisdom is, no prudence is, no counsel is ayens the Lord. 31An hors is maad redi to the dai of batel; but the Lord schal yyue helthe. 22Betere is a good name, than many richessis; for good grace is aboue siluer and gold. 2A riche man and a pore man metten hem silf; the Lord is worchere of euer eithir. 3A felle man seeth yuel, and hidith him silf; and an innocent man passid, and he was turmentid bi harm. 4The ende of temperaunce is the drede of the Lord; richessis, and glorye, and lijf. 5Armuris and swerdis ben in the weie of a weiward man; but the kepere of his soule goith awey fer fro tho. 6It is a prouerbe, A yong wexynge man bisidis his weie, and whanne he hath wexe elde, he schal not go awei fro it. 7A riche man comaundith to pore men; and he that takith borewyng, is the seruaunt of the leenere. 8He that sowith wickidnes, schal repe yuels; and the yerde of his yre schal be endid. 9He that is redi to merci, schal be blessid; for of his looues he yaf to a pore man. He that yyueth yiftis, schal gete victorie and onour; forsothe he takith awei the soule of the takeris. 10Caste thou out a scornere, and strijf schal go out with hym; and causis and dispisyngis schulen ceesse. 11He that loueth the clennesse of herte, schal haue the kyng a freend, for the grace of hise lippis. 12The iyen of the Lord kepen kunnyng; and the wordis of a wickid man ben disseyued. 13A slow man schal seie, A lioun is withoutforth; Y schal be slayn in the myddis of the stretis. 14The mouth of an alien womman is a deep diche; he to whom the Lord is wrooth, schal falle in to it. 15Foli is boundun togidere in the herte of a child; and a yerde of chastisyng schal dryue it awey. 16He that falsli chalengith a pore man, to encreesse hise owne richessis, schal yyue to a richere man, and schal be nedi. 17My sone, bowe doun thin eere, and here thou the wordis of wise men; but sette thou the herte to my techyng. 18That schal be fair to thee, whanne thou hast kept it in thin herte, and it schal flowe ayen in thi lippis. 19That thi trist be in the Lord; wherfor and Y haue schewid it to thee to dai. 20Lo! Y haue discryued it in thre maneres, in thouytis and kunnyng, 21that Y schulde schewe to thee the sadnesse and spechis of trewthe; to answere of these thingis to hem, that senten thee. 22Do thou not violence to a pore man, for he is pore; nethir defoule thou a nedi man in the yate. 23For the Lord schal deme his cause, and he schal turmente hem, that turmentiden his soule. 24Nyle thou be freend to a wrathful man, nether go thou with a wood man; 25lest perauenture thou lerne hise weies, and take sclaundir to thi soule. 26Nyle thou be with hem that oblischen her hondis, and that proferen hem silf borewis for dettis; for if he hath not wherof he schal restore, 27what of cause is, that thou take awei hilyng fro thi bed? 28Go thou not ouer the elde markis, whiche thi faders han set. 29Thou hast seyn a man smert in his werk; he schal stonde bifore kyngis, and he schal not be bifor vnnoble men. 23Whanne thou sittist, to ete with the prince, perseyue thou diligentli what thingis ben set bifore thi face, 2and sette thou a withholding in thi throte. If netheles thou hast power on thi soule, 3desire thou not of his metis, in whom is the breed of `a leesing. 4Nyle thou trauele to be maad riche, but sette thou mesure to thi prudence. 5Reise not thin iyen to richessis, whiche thou maist not haue; for tho schulen make to hem silf pennes, as of an egle, and tho schulen flee in to heuene. 6Ete thou not with an enuyouse man, and desire thou not hise metis; 7for at the licnesse of a fals dyuynour and of a coniectere, he gessith that, that he knowith not. He schal seie to thee, Ete thou and drinke; and his soule is not with thee. 8Thou schalt brake out the metis, whiche thou hast ete; and thou schalt leese thi faire wordis. 9Speke thou not in the eeris of vnwise men; for thei schulen dispise the teching of thi speche. 10Touche thou not the termes of litle children; and entre thou not in to the feeld of fadirles and modirles children. 11For the neiybore of hem is strong, and he schal deme her cause ayens thee. 12Thin herte entre to techyng, and thin eeris `be redi to the wordis of kunnyng. 13Nile thou withdrawe chastisyng fro a child; for thouy thou smyte hym with a yerde, he schal not die. 14Thou schalt smyte hym with a yerde, and thou schalt delyuere his soule fro helle. 15Mi sone, if thi soule is wijs, myn herte schal haue ioye with thee; 16and my reynes schulen make ful out ioye, whanne thi lippis speken riytful thing. 17Thin herte sue not synneris; but be thou in the drede of the Lord al dai. 18For thou schalt haue hope at the laste, and thin abidyng schal not be don awei. 19Mi sone, here thou, and be thou wijs, and dresse thi soule in the weie. 20Nyle thou be in the feestis of drinkeris, nether in the ofte etyngis of hem, that bryngen togidere fleischis to ete. 21For men yyuynge tent to drinkis, and yyuyng mussels togidere, schulen be waastid, and napping schal be clothid with clothis. 22Here thi fadir, that gendride thee; and dispise not thi modir, whanne sche is eld. 23Bie thou treuthe, and nyle thou sille wisdom, and doctryn, and vndurstonding. 24The fadir of a iust man ioieth ful out with ioie; he that gendride a wijs man, schal be glad in hym. 25Thi fadir and thi modir haue ioye, and he that gendride thee, make ful out ioye. 26My sone, yyue thin herte to me, and thin iyen kepe my weyes. 27For an hoore is a deep diche, and an alien womman is a streit pit. 28Sche settith aspie in the weie, as a theef; and sche schal sle hem, whiche sche schal se vnwar. 29To whom is wo? to whos fadir is wo? to whom ben chidingis? to whom ben dichis? to whom ben woundis with out cause? to whom is puttyng out of iyen? 30Whether not to hem, that dwellen in wyn, and studien to drynke al of cuppis? 31Biholde thou not wyn, whanne it sparclith, whanne the colour therof schyneth in a ver. 32It entrith swetli, but at the laste it schal bite as an eddre doith, and as a cocatrice it schal schede abrood venyms. 33Thin iyen schulen se straunge wymmen, and thi herte schal speke weiwerd thingis. 34And thou schalt be as a man slepinge in the myddis of the see, and as a gouernour aslepid, whanne the steere is lost. 35And thou schalt seie, Thei beeten me, but Y hadde not sorewe; thei drowen me, and Y feelide not; whanne schal Y wake out, and Y schal fynde wynes eft? 24Sue thou not yuele men, desire thou not to be with hem. 2For the soule of hem bithenkith raueyns, and her lippis speken fraudis. 3An hous schal be bildid bi wisdom, and schal be maad strong bi prudence. 4Celeris schulen be fillid in teching, al riches preciouse and ful fair. 5A wijs man is strong, and a lerned man is stalworth and miyti. 6For whi batel is bigunnun with ordenaunce, and helthe schal be, where many counsels ben. 7Wisdom is hiy to a fool; in the yate he schal not opene his mouth. 8He that thenkith to do yuels, schal be clepid a fool. 9The thouyte of a fool is synne; and a bacbitere is abhomynacioun of men. 10If thou that hast slide, dispeirist in the dai of angwisch, thi strengthe schal be maad lesse. 11Delyuere thou hem, that ben led to deth; and ceesse thou not to delyuere hem, that ben drawun to deth. 12If thou seist, Strengthis suffisen not; he that is biholdere of the herte, vndirstondith, and no thing disseyueth the kepere of thi soule, and he schal yelde to a man bi hise werkis. 13Mi sone, ete thou hony, for it is good; and an honycomb ful swete to thi throte. 14`So and the techyng of wisdom is good to thi soule; and whanne thou hast founde it, thou schalt haue hope in the laste thingis, and thin hope schal not perische. 15Aspie thou not, and seke not wickidnesse in the hous of a iust man, nether waste thou his reste. 16For a iust man schal falle seuene sithis in the dai, and schal rise ayen; but wickid men schulen falle in to yuele. 17Whanne thin enemye fallith, haue thou not ioye; and thin herte haue not ful out ioiyng in his fal; 18lest perauenture the Lord se, and it displese hym, and he take awei his ire fro hym. 19Stryue thou not with `the worste men, nether sue thou wickid men. 20For whi yuele men han not hope of thingis to comynge, and the lanterne of wickid men schal be quenchid. 21My sone, drede thou God, and the kyng; and be thou not medlid with bacbiteris. 22For her perdicioun schal rise togidere sudenli, and who knowith the fal of euer either? 23Also these thingis that suen ben to wise men. It is not good to knowe a persoone in doom. 24Puplis schulen curse hem, that seien to a wickid man, Thou art iust; and lynagis schulen holde hem abhomynable. 25Thei that repreuen iustli synners, schulen be preisid; and blessing schal come on hem. 26He that answerith riytful wordis, schal kisse lippis. 27Make redi thi werk with outforth, and worche thi feelde dilygentli, that thou bilde thin hous aftirward. 28Be thou not a witnesse with out resonable cause ayens thi neiybore; nether flatere thou ony man with thi lippis. 29Seie thou not, As he dide to me, so Y schal do to him, and Y schal yelde to ech man aftir his werk. 30I passide bi the feeld of a slow man, and bi the vyner of a fonned man; and, lo! 31nettlis hadden fillid al, thornes hadden hilid the hiyere part therof, and the wal of stoonys with out morter was distried. 32And whanne Y hadde seyn this thing, Y settide in myn herte, and bi ensaumple Y lernyde techyng. 33Hou longe slepist thou, slow man? whanne schalt thou ryse fro sleep? Sotheli thou schalt slepe a litil, thou schalt nappe a litil, thou schalt ioyne togidere the hondis a litil, to take reste; 34and thi nedynesse as a currour schal come to thee, and thi beggerie as an armed man. 25Also these ben the Parablis of Salomon, whiche the men of Ezechie, kyng of Juda, translatiden. 2The glorie of God is to hele a word; and the glorie of kyngis is to seke out a word. 3Heuene aboue, and the erthe bynethe, and the herte of kyngis is vnserchable. 4Do thou a wei rust fro siluer, and a ful cleene vessel schal go out. 5Do thou awei vnpite fro the cheer of the kyng, and his trone schal be maad stidfast bi riytfulnesse. 6Appere thou not gloriouse bifore the kyng, and stonde thou not in the place of grete men. 7For it is betere, that it be seid to thee, Stie thou hidur, than that thou be maad low bifore the prince. 8Brynge thou not forth soone tho thingis in strijf, whiche thin iyen sien; lest aftirward thou maist not amende, whanne thou hast maad thi frend vnhonest. 9Trete thi cause with thi frend, and schewe thou not priuyte to a straunge man; 10lest perauenture he haue ioye of thi fal, whanne he hath herde, and ceesse not to do schenschipe to thee. Grace and frenschip delyueren, whiche kepe thou to thee, that thou be not maad repreuable. 11A goldun pomel in beddis of siluer is he, that spekith a word in his time. 12A goldun eere ryng, and a schinynge peerle is he, that repreueth a wijs man, and an eere obeiynge. 13As the coold of snow in the dai of heruest, so a feithful messanger to hym that sente `thilke messanger, makith his soule to haue reste. 14A cloude and wind, and reyn not suynge, is a gloriouse man, and not fillynge biheestis. 15A prince schal be maad soft bi pacience; and a soft tunge schal breke hardnesse. 16Thou hast founde hony, ete thou that that suffisith to thee; lest perauenture thou be fillid, and brake it out. 17Withdrawe thi foot fro the hous of thi neiybore; lest sum tyme he be fillid, and hate thee. 18A dart, and a swerd, and a scharp arowe, a man that spekith fals witnessing ayens his neiybore. 19A rotun tooth, and a feynt foot is he, that hopith on an vnfeithful man in the dai of angwisch, 20and leesith his mentil in the dai of coold. Vynegre in a vessel of salt is he, that singith songis to the worste herte. As a mouyte noieth a cloth, and a worm noieth a tree, so the sorewe of a man noieth the herte. 21If thin enemy hungrith, feede thou him; if he thirstith, yyue thou watir to hym to drinke; 22for thou schalt gadere togidere coolis on his heed; and the Lord schal yelde to thee. 23The north wind scatereth reynes; and a sorewful face distrieth a tunge bacbitinge. 24It is betere to sitte in the corner of an hous without roof, than with a womman ful of chidyng, and in a comyn hous. 25Coold watir to a thirsti man; and a good messanger fro a fer lond. 26A welle disturblid with foot, and a veyne brokun, a iust man fallinge bifore a wickid man. 27As it is not good to hym that etith myche hony; so he that is a serchere of maieste, schal be put doun fro glorie. 28As a citee opyn, and with out cumpas of wallis; so is a man that mai not refreyne his spirit in speking. 26As snow in somer, and reyn in heruest; so glorie is vnsemeli to a fool. 2For whi as a brid fliynge ouer to hiy thingis, and a sparowe goynge in to vncerteyn; so cursing brouyt forth with out resonable cause schal come aboue in to sum man. 3Beting to an hors, and a bernacle to an asse; and a yerde in the bak of vnprudent men. 4Answere thou not to a fool bi his foli, lest thou be maad lijk hym. 5Answere thou a fool bi his fooli, lest he seme to him silf to be wijs. 6An haltinge man in feet, and drinkinge wickidnesse, he that sendith wordis by a fonned messanger. 7As an haltinge man hath faire leggis in veyn; so a parable is vnsemeli in the mouth of foolis. 8As he that casteth a stoon in to an heep of mercurie; so he that yyueth onour to an vnwijs man. 9As if a thorn growith in the hond of a drunkun man; so a parable in the mouth of foolis. 10Doom determyneth causis; and he that settith silence to a fool, swagith iris. 11As a dogge that turneth ayen to his spuyng; so is an vnprudent man, that rehersith his fooli. 12Thou hast seyn a man seme wijs to hym silf; an vnkunnyng man schal haue hope more than he. 13A slow man seith, A lioun is in the weie, a liounnesse is in the foot pathis. 14As a dore is turned in his hengis; so a slow man in his bed. 15A slow man hidith hise hondis vndur his armpit; and he trauelith, if he turneth tho to his mouth. 16A slow man semeth wysere to hym silf, than seuene men spekynge sentensis. 17As he that takith a dogge bi the eeris; so he that passith, and is vnpacient, and is meddlid with the chiding of anothir man. 18As he is gilti, that sendith speris and arowis in to deth; 19so a man that anoieth gilefuli his frend, and whanne he is takun, he schal seie, Y dide pleiynge. 20Whanne trees failen, the fier schal be quenchid; and whanne a priuy bacbitere is withdrawun, stryues resten. 21As deed coolis at quic coolis, and trees at the fier; so a wrathful man reisith chidyngis. 22The wordis of a pryuei bacbitere ben as symple; and tho comen til to the ynneste thingis of the herte. 23As if thou wolt ourne a vessel of erthe with foul siluer; so ben bolnynge lippis felouschipid with `the werste herte. 24An enemy is vndirstondun bi hise lippis, whanne he tretith giles in the herte. 25Whanne he `makith low his vois, bileue thou not to hym; for seuene wickidnessis ben in his herte. 26The malice of hym that hilith hatrede gilefuli, schal be schewid in a counsel. 27He that delueth a diche, schal falle in to it; and if a man walewith a stoon, it schal turne ayen to hym. 28A fals tunge loueth not treuth; and a slidir mouth worchith fallyngis. 27Haue thou not glorie on the morewe, `not knowynge what thing the dai to comynge schal bringe forth. 2Another man, and not thi mouth preise thee; a straunger, and not thi lippis `preise thee. 3A stoon is heuy, and grauel is chariouse; but the ire of a fool is heuyere than euer eithir. 4Ire hath no merci, and woodnesse brekynge out `hath no merci; and who mai suffre the fersnesse of a spirit stirid? 5Betere is opyn repreuyng, than loue hid. 6Betere ben the woundis of hym that loueth, than the gileful cossis of hym that hatith. 7A man fillid schal dispise an hony coomb; but an hungri man schal take, yhe, bittir thing for swete. 8As a brid passinge ouer fro his nest, so is a man that forsakith his place. 9The herte delitith in oynement, and dyuerse odours; and a soule is maad swete bi the good counsels of a frend. 10Forsake 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. 11Mi sone, studie thou a boute wisdom, and make thou glad myn herte; that thou maist answere a word to a dispisere. 12A fel man seynge yuel was hid; litle men of wit passinge forth suffriden harmes. 13Take thou awei his clooth, that bihiyte for a straunger; and take thou awei a wed fro hym for an alien man. 14He that blessith his neiybore with greet vois; and risith bi niyt, schal be lijk hym that cursith. 15Roouys droppynge in the dai of coold, and a womman ful of chidyng ben comparisond. 16He that withholdith hir, as if he holdith wynd; and auoidith the oile of his riyt hond. 17Yrun is whettid bi irun; and a man whettith the face of his frend. 18He that kepith a fige tre, schal ete the fruytis therof; and he that is a kepere of his lord, schal be glorified. 19As the cheris of men biholdinge schynen in watris; so the hertis of men ben opyn to prudent men. 20Helle and perdicioun schulen not be fillid; so and the iyen of men moun not be fillid. 21As 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. 22Thouy thou beetist a fool in a morter, as with a pestel smytynge aboue dried barli; his foli schal not be don awei fro him. 23Knowe thou diligentli the cheere of thi beeste; and biholde thou thi flockis. 24For thou schalt not haue power contynueli; but a coroun schal be youun to thee in generacioun and in to generacioun. 25Medewis ben openyd, and greene eerbis apperiden; and hey is gaderid fro hillis. 26Lambren be to thi clothing; and kidis be to the prijs of feeld. 27The mylke of geete suffice to thee for thi meetis; in to the necessarie thingis of thin hous, and to lijflode to thin handmaidis. 28A wickid man fleeth, whanne no man pursueth; but a iust man as a lioun tristynge schal be with out ferdfulnesse. 2For the synnes of the lond ben many princis therof; and for the wisdom of a man, and for the kunnyng of these thingis that ben seid, the lijf of the duyk schal be lengere. 3A pore man falsli calengynge pore men, is lijk a grete reyn, wherynne hungur is maad redi. 4Thei that forsaken the lawe, preisen a wickid man; thei that kepen `the lawe, ben kyndlid ayens hym. 5Wickid men thenken not doom; but thei that seken the Lord, perseyuen alle thingis. 6Betere is a pore man goynge in his sympilnesse, than a riche man in schrewid weies. 7He that kepith the lawe, is a wijs sone; but he that fedith glotouns, schendith his fadir. 8He that gaderith togidere richessis bi vsuris, and fre encrees, gaderith tho togidere ayens pore men. 9His preyer schal be maad cursid, that bowith awei his eere; that he here not the lawe. 10He that disseyueth iust men in an yuel weye, schal falle in his perisching; and iuste men schulen welde hise goodis. 11A ryche man semeth wijs to him silf; but a pore man prudent schal serche him. 12In enhaunsing of iust men is miche glorie; whanne wickid men regnen, fallyngis of men ben. 13He that hidith hise grete trespassis, schal not be maad riytful; but he that knoulechith and forsakith tho, schal gete merci. 14Blessid is the man, which is euere dredeful; but he that is `harde of soule, schal falle in to yuel. 15A rorynge lioun, and an hungry bere, is a wickid prince on a pore puple. 16A duyk nedi of prudence schal oppresse many men bi fals chalenge; but the daies of hym that hatith aueryce, schulen be maad longe. 17No man susteyneth a man that falsly chalengith the blood of a man, if he fleeth `til to the lake. 18He that goith simpli, schal be saaf; he that goith bi weiward weies, schal falle doun onys. 19He that worchith his lond, schal be fillid with looues; he that sueth ydelnesse, schal be fillid with nedynesse. 20A feithful man schal be preisid myche; but he that hastith to be maad riche, schal not be innocent. 21He that knowith a face in doom, doith not wel; this man forsakith treuthe, yhe, for a mussel of breed. 22A man that hastith to be maad riche, and hath enuye to othere men; woot not that nedinesse schal come on hym. 23He that repreueth a man, schal fynde grace aftirward at hym; more than he that disseyueth bi flateryngis of tunge. 24He that withdrawith ony thing fro his fadir and fro his modir, and seith that this is no synne, is parcener of a manquellere. 25He that auauntith hym silf, and alargith, reisith stryues; but he that hopith in the Lord, schal be sauyd. 26He that tristith in his herte, is a fool; but he that goith wiseli, 27schal be preysid. He that yyueth to a pore man, schal not be nedi; he that dispisith `a pore man bisechynge, schal suffre nedynesse. 28Whanne vnpitouse men risen, men schulen be hid; whanne tho `vnpitouse men han perischid, iust men schulen be multiplied. 29Sodeyn perischyng schal come on that man, that with hard nol dispisith a blamere; and helth schal not sue hym. 2The comynalte schal be glad in the multipliyng of iust men; whanne wickid men han take prinshod, the puple schal weyle. 3A man that loueth wisdom, makith glad his fadir; but he that nurschith `an hoore, schal leese catel. 4A iust king reisith the lond; an auerouse man schal distrie it. 5A man that spekith bi flaterynge and feyned wordis to his frend; spredith abrood a net to hise steppis. 6A snare schal wlappe a wickid man doynge synne; and a iust man schal preise, and schal make ioye. 7A iust man knowith the cause of pore men; an vnpitouse man knowith not kunnyng. 8Men ful of pestilence distryen a citee; but wise men turnen awei woodnesse. 9If a wijs man stryueth with a fool; whether he be wrooth, `ether he leiyith, he schal not fynde reste. 10Menquelleris haten a simple man; but iust men seken his soule. 11A fool bringith forth al his spirit; a wise man dilaieth, and reserueth in to tyme comynge afterward. 12A prince that herith wilfuli the wordis of a leesyng; schal haue alle mynystris vnfeithful. 13A pore man and a leenere metten hem silf; the Lord is liytnere of euer ethir. 14If a kyng demeth pore men in treuthe; his trone schal be maad stidfast with outen ende. 15A yerde and chastisyng schal yyue wisdom; but a child, which is left to his wille, schendith his modir. 16Grete trespassis schulen be multiplied in the multipliyng of wickid men; and iust men schulen se the fallyngis of hem. 17Teche thi sone, and he schal coumforte thee; and he schal yyue delicis to thi soule. 18Whanne prophesie faylith, the puple schal be distried; but he that kepith the lawe, is blessid. 19A seruaunt mai not be tauyt bi wordis; for he vndirstondith that that thou seist, and dispisith for to answere. 20Thou hast seyn a man swift to speke; foli schal be hopid more than his amendyng. 21He that nurschith his seruaunt delicatli fro childhod; schal fynde hym rebel aftirward. 22A wrathful man territh chidingis; and he that is liyt to haue indignacioun, schal be more enclynaunt to synnes. 23Lownesse sueth a proude man; and glorie schal vp take a meke man of spirit. 24He that takith part with a theef, hatith his soule; he herith a man chargynge greetli, and schewith not. 25He that dredith a man, schal falle soon; he that hopith in the Lord, shal be reisid. 26Many men seken the face of the prince; and the doom of alle men schal go forth of the Lord. 27Iust men han abhomynacioun of a wickid man; and wickid men han abhomynacioun of hem, that ben in a riytful weye. A sone kepynge a word, schal be out of perdicioun. 30The wordis of hym that gaderith, of the sone spuynge. The prophesie which a man spak, with whom God was, and which man was coumfortid bi God dwellyng with hym, 2and seide, Y am the moost fool of men; and the wisdom of men is not with me. 3Y lernede not wisdom; and Y knew not the kunnyng of hooli men. 4Who stiede in to heuene, and cam doun? Who helde togidere the spirit in hise hondis? who bonde togidere watris as in a cloth? Who reiside alle the endis of erthe? What is name of hym? and what is the name of his sone, if thou knowist? 5Ech word of God is a scheld set a fiere, to alle that hopen in hym. 6Adde thou not ony thing to the wordis of hym, and thou be repreued, and be foundun a liere. 7I preiede thee twei thingis; denye not thou to me, bifor that Y die. 8Make thou fer fro me vanyte and wordis of leesyng; yyue thou not to me beggery and richessis; yyue thou oneli necessaries to my lijflode; 9lest perauenture Y be fillid, and be drawun to denye, and seie, Who is the Lord? and lest Y compellid bi nedynesse, stele, and forswere the name of my God. 10Accuse thou not a seruaunt to his lord, lest perauenture he curse thee, and thou falle doun. 11A generacioun that cursith his fadir, and that blessith not his modir. 12A generacioun that semeth cleene to it silf, and netheles is not waischun fro hise filthis. 13A generacioun whose iyen ben hiy, and the iye liddis therof ben reisid in to hiy thingis. 14A generacioun that hath swerdis for teeth, and etith with hise wank teeth; that it ete nedi men of erthe, and the porails of men. 15The watir leche hath twei douytris, seiynge, Brynge, bringe. Thre thingis ben vnable to be fillid, and the fourthe, that seith neuere, It suffisith; 16helle, and the mouth of the wombe, and the erthe which is neuere fillid with water; but fier seith neuere, It suffisith. 17Crowis of the stronde picke out thilke iye, that scorneth the fadir, and that dispisith the child beryng of his modir; and the briddis of an egle ete that iye. 18Thre thingis ben hard to me, and outirli Y knowe not the fourthe thing; 19the weye of an egle in heuene, the weie of a serpent on a stoon, the weie of a schip in the myddil of the see, and the weie of a man in yong wexynge age. 20Siche is the weie of a womman auowtresse, which etith, and wipith hir mouth, and seith, Y wrouyte not yuel. 21The erthe is moued bi thre thingis, and the fourthe thing, which it may not susteyne; 22bi a seruaunt, whanne he regneth; bi a fool, whanne he is fillid with mete; 23bi an hateful womman, whanne sche is takun in matrymonye; and bi an handmaide, whanne sche is eir of hir ladi. 24Foure ben the leeste thingis of erthe, and tho ben wisere than wise men; 25amtis, a feble puple, that maken redi mete in heruest to hem silf; 26a hare, a puple vnmyyti, that settith his bed in a stoon; 27a locust hath no kyng, and al goith out bi cumpanyes; an euete enforsith with hondis, 28and dwellith in the housis of kingis. 29Thre thingis ben, that goon wel, and the fourthe thing, that goith richeli. 30A lioun, strongeste of beestis, schal not drede at the meetyng of ony man; 31a cok gird the leendis, and a ram, and noon is that schal ayenstonde him. 32He that apperith a fool, aftir that he is reisid an hiy; for if he hadde vndurstonde, he hadde sett hond on his mouth. 33Forsothe he that thristith strongli teetis, to drawe out mylk, thristith out botere; and he that smytith greetli, drawith out blood; and he that stirith iris, bringith forth discordis. 31The wordis of Lamuel, the king; the visioun bi which his modir tauyte hym. 2What my derlyng? what the derlyng of my wombe? what the derlyng of my desiris? 3Yyue thou not thi catel to wymmen, and thi richessis to do awei kyngis. 4A! Lamuel, nyle thou yiue wyn to kingis; for no pryuete is, where drunkenesse regneth. 5Lest perauenture thei drynke, and foryete domes, and chaunge the cause of the sones of a pore man. 6Yyue ye sidur to hem that morenen, and wyn to hem that ben of bitter soule. 7Drinke thei, and foryete thei her nedinesse; and thenke thei no more on her sorewe. 8Opene thi mouth for a doumb man, 9and opene thi mouth for the causes of alle sones that passen forth. Deme thou that that is iust, and deme thou a nedi man and a pore man. 10Who schal fynde a stronge womman? the prijs of her is fer, and fro the laste endis. 11The herte of hir hosebond tristith in hir; and sche schal not haue nede to spuylis. 12Sche schal yelde to hym good, and not yuel, in alle the daies of hir lijf. 13Sche souyte wolle and flex; and wrouyte bi the counsel of hir hondis. 14Sche is maad as the schip of a marchaunt, that berith his breed fro fer. 15And sche roos bi nyyt, and yaf prey to hir meyneals, and metis to hir handmaidis. 16Sche bihelde a feeld, and bouyte it; of the fruyt of hir hondis sche plauntide a vyner. 17Sche girde hir leendis with strengthe, and made strong hir arm. 18Sche taastide, and siy, that hir marchaundie was good; hir lanterne schal not be quenchid in the niyt. 19Sche putte hir hondis to stronge thingis, and hir fyngris token the spyndil. 20Sche openyde hir hond to a nedi man, and stretchide forth hir hondis to a pore man. 21Sche schal not drede for hir hous of the cooldis of snow; for alle hir meyneals ben clothid with double clothis. 22Sche made to hir a ray cloth; bijs and purpur is the cloth of hir. 23Hir hosebonde is noble in the yatis, whanne he sittith with the senatours of erthe. 24Sche made lynnun cloth, and selde; and yaf a girdil to a Chananei. 25Strengthe and fairnesse is the clothing of hir; and sche schal leiye in the laste dai. 26Sche openyde hir mouth to wisdom; and the lawe of merci is in hir tunge. 27Sche bihelde the pathis of hir hous; and sche eet not breed idili. 28Hir sones risiden, and prechiden hir moost blessid; hir hosebonde roos, and preiside hir. 29Many douytris gaderiden richessis; thou passidist alle. 30Fairnesse is disseiuable grace, and veyn; thilke womman, that dredith the Lord, schal be preisid. 31Yyue ye to hir of the fruyt of hir hondis; and hir werkis preise hir in the yatis.