Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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¶ The ,xxv. Chapter.
¶ These also are the parables of Salom&obar;,
which the men of Ezekiah Kynge of
Iuda copied out.
A It is þe; honour of God to kepe a
thinge secrete, but þe; kynges honour
is to search out a thyng.
The heauen is hye, the earth is
depe, ∧ the kynges herte is vnsearcheable.
Take þe; drosse fr&obar; þe; syluer, ∧ there
shalbe a cleane vessell therof. Take
awaye vngodlynesse fr&obar; þe; k&ibar;ge, ∧ his seate
shalbe stablished &wt; ryghteousnes. Put not
forth thy selfe in the pres&ebar;ce of þe; k&ibar;g, ∧ preace
not &ibar;to þe; place of greate m&ebar;. noteBetter is
it that it be sayde vnto þe;: come vp hyther,
then þu; to be put lower in the presence of
the prince wh&obar; þu; seyst &wt; thyne eyes. noteBe
not hastie to go to the lawe, lest happlye þu;
do some off&ebar;ce after þe; strife be &ebar;ded wherby
thy neyghbour put the to shame.
B Handle
thy matter &wt; thy neyghbour him selfe, &abar;d
discouer not another m&abar;s secrete: lest when
m&ebar; heare therof, it turne to thy disshonoure,
and least thyne euell name do not ceasse.
(Grace and frendshyppe doth delyuer: whych se that thou
kepe for thy selfe, lest thou be reproued.) A worde spoken
in due seas&obar;, is lyke apples of golde in a
graued worke of syluer. The correcci&obar; of þe;
wyse is to an obedi&ebar;t eare, a gold&ebar; cheine ∧
a Iewell of golde. Lyke as the w&ibar;ter coole
&ibar; the haruest, so is a faythfull messa&ubar;ger to
th&ebar; þt; send h&ibar;: for he refressheth his masters
mynde.
C Whoso maketh greate boastes ∧
geueth nothyng, is lyke cloudes ∧ wynde
without rayne. With paci&ebar;ce is a pr&ibar;ce pacified,
∧ note &wt; a soft t&obar;g is rygorousnes broken.
If þu; f&ibar;dest hony, eate so moch as is suffici&ebar;t
for þe;: lest þu; be ouerfull, ∧ perbrake it
out agayne. Withdraw thy foote from thy
neyghbours house least he be wery of þe;, ∧ so
abhorre þe;. Who so beareth false wytnesse
aga&ibar;st his neyghboure, he is a very clubb,
a swearde, ∧ a sharpe arowe. The hope þt; is
put in a false m&abar; &ibar; tyme of neade, is lyke a
rott&ebar; toth ∧ a slypperi foote. who so taketh
awaye a m&abar;s garm&ebar;t &ibar; the colde wether, is
lyke vyneger vp&obar; chalck, or lyke h&ibar; þt; syngeth
s&obar;ges to an heuie hart. (Lyke as the moth
hurteth a garment, and a worme the tree, so doth the heuines
of a man hurt the hart) noteIf thyne enemye h&obar;ger,
feade him: yf he thryst, geue him drinke: for
so shalt thou heape coales of fyre vpon hys
head, and the Lorde shall rewarde the.
D The
North w&ibar;de dryueth awaye the rayne, eu&ebar;
so doth an earnest sober countena&ubar;ce a backbyters
tonge, noteIt is better to syt in a
corner vnder the rofe, then with a braul&ibar;g
woman in a wyde house:A good reporte
-- --
out of a farre co&ubar;tre, is lyke coulde water
to a thyrstie soule. A ryghteous man
&rhand; fallynge downe before the vngodly, is
lyke a troubled well ∧ a springe that is destroyed.
Lyke as it is not good to eate to
moch hony, note eu&ebar; so he that will search out
hye thynges, it shall be to heuy for hym.
He þt; cannot rule hym selfe, is lyke a cyte
which is broken downe, ∧ hath no walles.
Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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