A   Wysdome hath buylded her selfe an house, ∧ hewen out05Q0802 seuen pyllers: she hath kylled her vitayles, poured out her wyne, ∧ prepared her table. She hath sent forth her mayd&ebar;s to crye vp&obar; the hyest place of þe; citie: Who so is ignora&ubar;t, let hym come hither. And to the vnwise she sayd: O come on your way, eat my bred, ∧ drinke my wyne, B   which I haue poured out for you.
Forsake ignora&ubar;ce, ∧ ye shall lyue: ∧ se þt; ye go in the way of vnderst&abar;dinge. Who so reproueth a scornefull personne, getteth hym self dishonour: ∧ he that rebuketh þe; vngodly stayneth him self. Reproue not a05Q0803 scorner, lest he owe þe; euel wil: but rebuke a wise m&abar;, ∧ he wil loue the. Geue a discrete m&abar; but an occasi&obar;, ∧ he wilbe the wiser, teache a righteous man, and he will increase. The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wisdome, and

the knowledge of holy thinges is vnderstandynge. For thorow me thy dayes shalbe prolonged, and the yeares of thy lyfe shalbe manye. If thou be wyse thy wysdome shall do thy selfe good: but if thou thynckeste scorne therof, it shalbe thyne owne harme. A folysh restles wom&abar;, ful of words, and such one as hath no knowledge, D   sitteth in the dores of her house vpon a stoole aboue in the cytye, to cal such as go by, ∧ walke streght in their waies, Who so is ignorant (sayeth she) let him come hyther, and to the vnwyse she sayeth: stollen waters are swete, and the bread that is preuely eaten, hath a good tast. But they consyder not that death is there, and that her gestes go doune to hell.

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