A    ^noteThe wy&esset;dome of him þt; is brought lowe, shal lift vp his heade, and shal make him to sytt amonge greate m&ebar;. Commende not a man in his bewtye, nether despyse a man in his vtter appeara&ubar;ce. The Bey is but a small beast amonge the foules, yet is hir frute excead&ibar;ge swete. Be not proude of thy rayment, ^note and exalte not thyself in the daye of thy honoure: for þe; workes of the Hyest onely are wonderfull: yee glorious, secrete and vnknowne are his workes. ^noteMany tyrauntes haue bene fayne to syt downe vp&obar; the earth, ∧ þe; vnlickly hath worne þe; crowne Many mightie m&ebar; haue bene brought lowe, and the honorable haue bene delyuered in to other mens handes. ^noteCondemne no man, before thou haue tryed out the matter: and whan thou hast made enquisicion, then refourme righteously. ^noteGeue no sent&ebar;ce before thou hast herde the cause, but first let men tell out their tayles.

B   Stryue not for a matter that toucheth not thyself, and stonde not in the iudgment of synners. My sonne, medle not with many matters: ^note ∧ yf thou wylt be riche, thou shalt not gett it: and though thou rennest þi; waye afore, yet shalt thou not escape. ^noteThere is some m&abar; that laboureth, and the more he weerieth himself, the lesse he hath. Agayne, some man is slouthfull, hath nede of helpe, w&abar;teth str&ebar;gth, and hath greate pouerte, and Gods eye loketh vpon him to good, setteth him vp from his lowe estate, and lifteth vp his heade: ^note so that many men maruell at him, and geue honoure vnto God.

C    ^noteProsperite and aduersite, life and death, pouerte and riches come all of the LORDE. (Wy&esset;dome, nurtoure and knowlege of þe; lawe are with God: loue and þe; wayes of good are with him. Erroure and darcknes are made for synners: and they that exalte them selues in euell, waxe olde in euell.) The gift of God remayneth for the righteous, and his good wyl shal geue prosperite for euer. Some man is rich by lyuynge nygardly, and þt; is the porcion of his rewarde, in that he sayeth: now haue I gotten rest, and now wyl I eate and drynke of my goodes myself alone. ^noteAnd yet he considereth not, that the tyme draweth nye, þt; he must leaue all these thinges vnto other men, and dye himself. Stonde thou fast in thy couenaunt, and exercyse thy self therin, and remayne in the worke vnto þe; age. Contynue not in the workes of synners, but put thy trust in God, and byde in thine estate: for it is but an easy th&ibar;ge in þe; sight of God, to make a poore man riche, and that sodenly. D   The blessinge of God haisteth to þe; rewarde of the rightous, and maketh his frutes soone to florish and prospere. Saye not: what helpeth it me? and what shal I haue þe; whyle? Agayne, saye not: I haue ynough, how can I wante? Whan thou art in welfare, forget not aduersite: ^note and whan it goeth not well with the, haue a good hope, that it shal be better. For it is but a small thinge vnto God, in the daye of death to rewarde euery m&abar; acordinge to his wayes. The aduersite of an houre maketh one to forgett all pleasure, and whan a man dyeth, his workes are discouered. Prayse no body before his death, for a man shalbe knowne in his children.

E   Bringe not euery man in to thine house, for the disceatfull layeth wayte dyuersly. Like as a partrich in a ma&ubar;de, so is the hert of the proude: and like as a spye, that loketh vpon the fall of his neghbo&highr;. For he turneth good vnto euell, and slaundreth the chosen. Of one sparck is made a greate fyre, ∧ an vngodly m&abar; layeth wayte for bloude. Bewarre of the disceatfull, for he ymagineth wicked thinges, to bringe þe; in to a perpetuall shame. Yf thou takest an alea&ubar;t vnto þe;, he shal destroye the in vnquietnes, and dryue the from thine owne wayes.

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