A    ^noteYf thou be made a ruler, pride not thy self therin, but be thou as one of the people. ^noteTake diligent care for them, and loke well therto: and whan thou hast done all thy dewtye, syt the downe, that thou mayest be mery with them, and receaue a crowne of honoure. Talke wysely ∧ honestly, for wy&esset;dome becommeth the right well. Hynder not musyck. Speake not, where there is no audyence: ^note and poure not forth wy&esset;dome out of tyme, at an importunyte. Like as the Carbuncle stone shyneth, that is set in golde, so doth a songe garnysh the wyne feast: and as þe; Smaragde that is set in golde, so is the swetnes of Musyck by þe; myrth of wyne.

B   Thou yonge m&abar;, speake that becommeth the, ∧ that is profitable, and yet scarse whan thou art twyce axed. Comprehende moch with few wordes. In many thinges be as one that is ignoraunt, geue eare, and holde thy tonge withall. Yf thou be amonge men of hyer auctorite, desyre not to compare thy self vnto them: and wh&abar; an elder speaketh, make not thou many wordes therin. Before the thonder goeth lightenynge, and before nurtoure and shamefastnesse goeth loue and fauoure. St&obar;de vp by tymes, and be not the last: but get the home soone, ∧ there take thy pastyme, ∧ do what thou wilt: so þt; thou do no euell, and defye no m&abar;. But for all thinges geue thankes, vnto him that hath made the, and replenished the with his goodes.

C   Who so feareth the LORDE, wyl receaue his doctryne: and they that get them to him by tymes, shall fynde grace. He that seketh the lawe, shall be fylled withall: As for him þt; is but fayned, he wyll be offended therat. They that feare the LORDE, shal fynde the iudgment, ∧ their righteousnes shalbe kyndled

as a light. An vngodly man will not be refourmed, but can helpe him self with the example of other in his purpose. A man of vnderstondinge despyseth no good councell: but a wylde and proude body hath no feare. My sonne, do nothinge without advisement, so shal it not rep&ebar;t the after þe; dede. Go not in the waye where thou mayest fall, ner where thou mayest stomble against the stone. Geue not þi; self in to a laborious slypery waye, and bewarre of thine owne children. In all thy workes put thy trust in God from thy whole hert, for that is the kepinge of the c&obar;maundementes. Who so beleueth Gods worde, taketh hede to the commaundementes: ∧ he that putteth his trust in þe; LORDE, shal wante nothinge.

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