A    ^noteA softe &abar;swere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger. A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse. The eyes of the LORDE loke in euery place, both vpon þe; good and badd. A wholsome tonge is a tre of life, but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde. A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he þt; taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue þe; more vnderst&obar;dinge.

In the house of the rightuous are greate riches, but in the increase of the vngodly there is mysordre. A wyse mouth poureth out knowlege, but þe; herte of the foolish doth not so. ^noteThe LORDE abhorreth þe; sacrifice of the vngodly, but the prayer of the rightuous is acceptable vnto him. The waye of the vngodly is an abhominaci&obar; vnto

þe; LORDE, but who so foloweth righteousnes, him he loueth. B   He that forsaketh þe; right strete, shalbe sore punyshed: ∧ who so hateth correccion, falleth in to death. The hell &wt; hir payne is knowne vnto the LORDE, how moch more then the hertes of men?

^noteA scornefull body loueth not one þt; rebuketh him, nether wil he come amonge þe; wyse. ^noteA mery herte maketh a chearfull countenaunce, but an vnquyet mynde maketh it heuy. A wyse herte wil seke after knowlege, but þe; mouth of fooles medleth with foolishnesse. All the dayes of the poore are miserable, but a quyete herte is as a c&obar;tynuall feast. ^noteBetter is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe. C   Better is a meace of potage with loue, then a fat oxe &wt; euell will.

^noteAn angrie man stereth vp strife, but he þt; is pacient stilleth discorde. The waye of þe; slouthfull is full of thornes, but þe; strete of the rightuous is well clensed. A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, ^note but an vndiscrete body shameth his mother. A foole reioyseth in foolish thinges, but a wyse man loketh well to his owne goinges. Vnaduysed thoughtes shal come to naught, but where as are men þt; can geue councell, there is stedfastnesse. O how ioyfull a thinge is it, a man to geue a conuenient answere? O how pleasaunt is a worde spoken in due season? The waye of life ledeth vnto heau&ebar;, þt; a man shulde bewarre of hell beneth.

The LORDE wyl breake downe þe; house of þe; proude, but he shal make fast þe; borders of þe; wyddowe. D   The LORDE abhoreth þe; ymaginacions of þe; wicked, but pure wordes are pleasaunt vnto him. The couetous man wrutteth vp his owne house, but who so hateth rewardes, shal lyue. A rightuous m&abar; museth in his mynde how to do good, but þe; mynde of the vngodly ymagineth, how he maye do harme. The LORDE is farre from the vngodly, but he heareth þe; prayer of the rightuous. Like as þe; clearnesse of þe; eyes reioyseth þe; herte, so doth a good name fede þe; bones. The eare þt; harkeneth vnto wholsome warnynge, and enclyneth therto, shall dwell amonge þe; wyse. He that refuseth to be refourmed, despyseth his owne soule: but he that submytteth himself to correccion, is wyse.

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