A    ^noteHe that seketh vengeaunce, shal fynde vengeaunce of the LORDE, which shal surely kepe him his synnes. Forgeue thy neghboure the hurte that he hath done the, and so shal thy synnes be forgeuen the also, whan thou prayest. A man that beareth hatred agaynst another, how darre he desyre forgeuenesse of God? He that sheweth no mercy to a m&abar; which is like himself, how darre he axe forgeuenesse of his synnes? Yf he that is but flesh, beareth hatred and kepeth it, who wyl intreate for his synnes? Remembre the ende, ∧ let enmyte passe, which seketh death and destruccion, and abyde thou in þe; commaundementes. Remembre þe; commaundement, so shalt thou not be rigorous ouer þi; neghboure. B   Thynke vp&obar; the couenaunt of þe; Hyest, and forgeue thy neghbours ignora&ubar;ce. ^noteBewarre of strife, and thou shalt make þe; synnes fewer. For an angrie man kyndleth variaunce, and the vngodly disquyeteth fr&ebar;des, and putteth discorde amonge them that be at peace. The more wodd there is, the more vehement is the fyre: ^note and the mightier þt; men be, the greater is the wrath: and the longer the strife endureth, the more it burneth.

C   An haistie brawlinge kyndleth a fyre, and an haistie strife sheddeth bloude. Yf thou blowe the sparke: it shal burne: Yf thou spytt vp&obar; it, it shal go forth, and both these go out of thy mouth. ^noteThe slaunderer and dubble t&obar;gued is cursed, for many one that be frendes setteth he at variaunce. The thirde tonge hath disquieted many one, and dryuen them from one londe to another. Stronge cities hath it broken downe, and ouerthrowne the houses of greate men. The thirde t&obar;ge hath cast out many an honest woman, and robbed them of their labours. Who so harkeneth vnto soch, shal neuer fynde rest, and neuer dwell safely. The stroke of þe; rod maketh yedders, but the stroke of the tonge smyteth the bones in sunder. There be many that haue perished with the swerde, but many mo thorow the tonge.

D   Wel is him that is kepte fr&obar; an euell tonge, ∧ commeth not in þe; anger therof: which draweth not the yock of soch, and is not bo&ubar;de in the bondes of it. For the yock therof is of yron, and þe; bonde of it of stele. The death therof is a very euell death: hell were better for one, then soch a tonge. But the fyre of it maye not oppresse them that feare God, and þe; flamme therof maye not burne th&ebar;. Soch as forsake the LORDE, shal fall therin: and it shal burne them, and no man shal be able to quench it. It shal fall vpon th&ebar; as a Ly&obar;, and deuoure them as a leparde. Thou hedgest þi; goodes &wt; thornes: why doest thou not rather make dores and barres for þi; mouth? Thou weiest thy golde and syluer: why doest thou not weye thy wordes also vpon the balaunce? Bewarre, that thou slyde not in thy tonge, and so fall before thine enemies, that laye wayte for the.

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