1   Wile thou not don eueles, and thei shul not cacche thee. 2   Go awei fro the wicke, and ther shul failen eueles fro thee. 3   Sowe thou not eueles in foorewes of vnri&yogh;twisnesse, and thou shalt not repen them in to the seuethe fold. 4   Wile thou not sechen of a man the dignete of a ledere, ne of a king the cha&yogh;er of wrshepe. 5   Iustefie thou not thee bifor God, for he ys knowere of the herte; and anent the king wile thou not wilne to ben seen wys. 6   Wile thou not sechen to be mad a domes man, but if thou mowe bi vertue breken wickidnesses; lest parauenture thou out drede the face of the my&yogh;ti, and putte sclaunder in thin hider and thider deliuernesse. 7   Synne thou not in the multitude of the cite, ne poote thee in to the puple; 8   ne bynde thou to double synnes, ne forsothe thou shalt be in oon gilteles. 9   Wile thou not ben a couward in thi soule, to pre&yogh;en; 10   and to don almesse deede, ne dispise thou. 11   Ne sei thou, In the multitude of my &yogh;iftus God shal beholde; and me offrende to the he&yogh;est God, my &yogh;iftis he shal take. 12   Scorne

thou not a man in the bitternesse of soule; God forsothe the lokere aboute is, that enhaunceth and meketh. 13   Wile thou not looue lesing a&yogh;en thi brother; and in to a frend lic maner do thou not. 14   Wile thou not wilne to lien eche lesing; the besynesse forsothe of hem is not good. 15   Wile thou not be ful of wrdis in the multitude of prestus; and reherse thou not a wrd in thin orisoun. 16   Hate thou not trauailous werkes, and cherlish doing foormed of the hei&yogh;est. 17   Ne acounte thou thee in the multitude of men withoute discipline. 18   Haue mynde of wrathe, for it shal not tarie. 19   Meeke gretli thi spirit, for veniaunce of the flesh of the vnpitous, fyr and werm. 20   Wile thou not trespasen `in to thi frend dela&yogh;ende monie; ne dispise thou thi derwrthe brother for gold. 21   Wile thou not gon awei fro a wel felende womman, and a good, whom thou hast goten in the drede of the Lord; forsothe the grace of the shamefastnesse of hir ouer gold. 22   Hurte thou not a seruaunt in treuthe werchende, ne an hired man &yogh;yuende his lif. 23   A wel felende seruaunt be to thee looued as thi soule; bygile thou not hym fro fredam, ne forsake thou hym helpeles. 24   Beestis to thee ben? tac heed to them; and if thei ben profitable, abide thei stille anent thee. 25   Sonus ben to thee? tech hem, and bowe hem fro the childhed of hem. 26   Do&yogh;tris ben to thee? keep the body of hem, and shewe thou not thi face glad to them. 27   Bytac a do&yogh;tir, and a gret werk thou shalt do; and to a wel felende man &yogh;if hyr. 28   A womman if she is to thee aftir thi soule, thro&yogh; hir not awei; and to an hateful tac thou not thee in al thin herte. 29   Honoure thi fader; and the weilingus of thi moder for&yogh;ete thou not. 30   Haue mynde for but bi them thou haddest not ben, and &yogh;eeld to them what maner and thei to thee. 31   In al thi soule dred God, and

the prestes of hym halewe. 32   In al thi vertue looue hym that made thee; and the seruauns of hym forsac thou not. 33   Wrshepe thou God of al thi soule; and wrshipe prestus, and purge thee forth with armes. 34   &YOGH;if to them part, as and maundement is to thee, of first frutes, and of purging; and of thi necgligence purge thee with fewe. 35   The &yogh;ifte of thin armes, and the sacrifise of halewing, thou shalt offre to the Lord, the bigynyngus of hoeli thingus. 36   And to the pore put forth thin hond, that plesing be parformed, and thi blessyng. 37   Grace of &yogh;ifte in the si&yogh;te of alle lyuyng; and to the deade forfende thou not grace. 38   Fayle thou not to wepende men to ben in coumforting; and with weilende men go thou. 39   No&yogh;e it not thee to visiten the sike; of these thingus forsothe in louyng thou shalt be fastned. 40   In alle thi werkes haue in mynde thi laste thyngus; and withoute ende thou shalt not synne.

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