A   Do no euell, so shall there no harme happen vnto the. Departe awaye from the thinge that is wicked, and no mysfortune shal medle with the. My sonne, sowe no euell thinges in the forowes of vnrighteousnes, so shalt thou not reape th&ebar; seuenfolde. Labo&highr; not vnto man for eny lordshipe, nether vnto the kynge for the seate of honoure. ^noteIustifie not thy self before God (for he knoweth the hert) and desyre not to be reputed wyse in the presence of the kynge. Make no laboure to be made a iudge, excepte it so were, þt; thou coudest mightely put downe wickednes: for yf thou shuldest st&obar;de in awe of þe; presence of the mightie, thou shuldest fayle in geuynge sentence. Offende not in þe; multitude of the cite, and put not thyself amonge the people. ^noteBynde not two synnes together, for in one synne shalt thou not be vnpunyshed. Saye not: tush, God wil loke vp&obar; the multitude of my oblacions, and whan I offre to the hyest God, he wyl accepte it.

B   Be not faynt harted whan thou makest þi; prayer, nether slack in geuinge of allmesse. Laugh no man to scorne in the heuynesse of his soule, for God (which seyth all thinges) is he that can bringe downe, ^note and set vp agayne. Accepte no lesynge agaynst thy brother, nether do the same agaynst thy frende. Vse not to make eny maner of lye, for the custome therof is not good. Make not many wordes, whan thou art amonge the elders: and whan thou prayest, ^note make not moch bablinge. Let no laborious worke be tedious vnto the, nether the hu&esset;bandrie which the Allmightie

hath created. Make not thy boast in the multitude of thy wickednes, but humble thy self euen from thine hert: and remembre that the wrath shall not be longe in tarienge, and that the vengeaunce of the flesh of þe; vngodly is a very fyre and worme. Geue not ouer thy frende for eny good, ner thy faithfull brother for the best golde.

C   Departe not from a discrete and good woman, that is fallen vnto the for thy porcion in the feare of the LORDE, for þe; gift of hir honesty is aboue golde. ^noteWhere as thy seruaunt worketh truly, intreate him not euell, ner the Hyrelinge that is faithfull vnto the. Loue a discrete seruaunte as thine owne soule, defraude him not of his libertie, nether leaue him a poore man. ^noteYf thou haue catell, loke well to them: and yf they be for thy profit, kepe them. Yf thou haue sonnes, brynge them vp in nurto&highr; and lernynge, ^note ∧ holde th&ebar; in awe from their youth vp. Yf thou haue daughters, kepe their body, ∧ shew not thy face cherefull towarde th&ebar;. Marye þi; daughter, and so shalt thou perfourme a weightie matter: but geue her to a man of vnderstandinge. Yf thou haue a wife after thine owne mynde, forsake her not: (but c&obar;mitte not thy self to the hatefull.)

^noteHonoure thy father from thy whole herte, and forgett not the sorofull trauaile that thy mother had &wt; the: remembre that thou wast borne thorow them, and how c&abar;st thou rec&obar;pense them the thinges that they haue done for the? D   Feare the LORDE with all þi; soule, ∧ honoure his ministers. Loue thy maker with all thy str&ebar;gth, ^note and forsake not his seruauntes. Feare the LORDE with all thy soule, ∧ honoure his prestes. ^noteGeue th&ebar; their porcion of the first frutes and increase of þe; earth, like as it is comma&ubar;ded the: geue th&ebar; þe; shulders, and their appoynted offeringes, and firstlinges, Reach thine hande vnto the poore, that God maye blesse the with plenteousnes. ^noteBe liberall vnto all men lyuynge, yet let not but do good euen to them that are deed. ^note

^noteLet not them that wepe be without comforte, but mourne with soch as mourne. ^noteLet it not greue the to vyset the sick, for that shal make the to be loued. What so euer thou takest in hande, remembre the ende, and thou shalt neuer do amysse.

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