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 .xxvii. Chapter.
A Make not thy boost of to morowe
note for þu; knowest not what maye
happ&ebar; to daye. Let another m&abar;
prayse the, and not thyne awne
mouth: yee other folckes lyppes, and not
thyne. The stone is heuy and the sande
weyghtye: but a fooles wrath is heuyer
then them both. Wrath is a cruell thinge
and furiousnesse is a very t&ebar;pest: but who
is able to abyde enuye? An open rebuke is
better then a secrete loue. Faythfull are
the woundes of a louer, but the kysses of an
enemye are cruell. He that is full, abhoreth
an hony combe: but vnto him that is
hongrye, euery sowre thinge is swete.
B He
that oft tymes flytteth, is lyke a byrde þt;
forsaketh her nest. Balme and swete encense
make the hert mery: so is the swete
counsell of a mans frende that agreeth to
his purpose. Thyne awne frende and thy
fathers frende se thou forsake not: but go
not into thy brothers house in tyme of thy
trouble. For better is a frende at hand
then a brother farre of. My sonne, be
wyse, and thou shalt make me a glad herte
so that I shall make answere vnto my rebukers.
A wyse man seynge the plage.
wyll hyde hym selfe, as for fooles they go
on styll, and suffer harme. noteTake hys
garment þt; is suertye for a straunger, and
take a pledge of h&ibar; for the vnknowen m&abar;s
sake. He that is to hastye to prayse hys
neyghboure aboue measure, shalbe taken
as one that geueth hym an euell reporte.
C noteA braulynge woman and the rofe of the
house droppynge in a raynye daye, maye
well be compared together. He that refrayneth
her, refrayneth the wynde, ∧ holdeth
oyle fast in hys hande. Lyke as one
yron whetteth another, so doth one m&abar; c&obar;forte
another. Who so kepeth hys fygge
tre, shall enioye the frutes therof: euen so,
he that wayteth vpon his master, shall come
to honoure. Lyke as in one water there
apeare dyuerse faces, euen so diuerse m&ebar;
haue diuerse hertes. Lyke as &rhand; hell and
destruccy&obar; are neuer full, euen so note the eyes
of men can neuer be satisfyed. Syluer is
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tryed in the moulde, and golde in the fornace,
and so is a man, when he is openly praysed
to hys face. (The hart of a wycked man seketh after
myschefe, but a true hart seketh for knowlege.)
D Though þu; shuldest bray a foole &wt; a pestell
in a morter lyke frumentye corne, yet will
not hys foolyshnesse go from hym. Se þt;
þu; knowe the n&obar;bre of thy catell thy selfe, ∧
loke well to thy flockes. For ryches abyde
not alwaye, ∧ &rhand; the crowne endureth not
for euer. The heye groweth, the grasse c&obar;meth
vp, ∧ herbes are gathered in the mo&ubar;taynes.
The lambes shall clothe the and
for þe; goates thou shalt haue money to thy
husb&abar;dry. Thou shalt haue goates mylck
ynough to fede the, to vpholde thy housholde,
and to susteyne thy maydens.
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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