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 .x. Chapter.
¶ The difference betwyxt a foole and a wyse man.
Fortunate and happye is that realme which hath
a wyse prince.
A A Deed flye doth corrupt swete oyntement
∧ maketh it to stynk: Euen
so oft tymes he that is made
for wysdome ∧ honour, is abhorred
because of a lytle foolishnes. &rhand; A wyse
m&abar;s herte is vp&obar; þe; ryght h&abar;de, but a fooles
herte vp&obar; þe; left. A foole will shewe him
self wh&ebar; he goeth by þe; way, yet th&ibar;kethe he
þt; euery m&abar; doth as foolyshly as h&ibar; selfe. If
a pr&ibar;cipal sprete be geu&ebar; þe; to beare rule, note be
not necglig&ebar;t th&ebar; in thine office: for he þt; can
take cure of him selfe, auoydeth great offences.
B Another plage is there, which I haue sene
vnder the sonne: namely, þe; ignoraunce þt;
is c&obar;menly amonge princes: in that a foole
sytteth in greate dignite, ∧ the rych are sett
downe beneth: I haue sene seruauntes ryde
vpon horses, and princes goyng vpon their
fete as it were seruauntes. noteBut he þt; dyggeth
vp a pyt, shal fall therin him selfe: and
who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serp&ebar;t
shall byte hym. Who so remoueth stones,
shall haue trauayle withall: ∧ he þt; heweth
wood, shalbe hurt therwith.
When an yr&obar; is blont, and the poynt not
sharpened, it must be whet agayne, and þt; &wt;
myght: Eu&ebar;so doth wysdome folowe diligence.
C A babler of hys t&obar;ge is no better, th&ebar;
a serpent that styngeth wythout hyssynge.
The wordes out of a wyse m&abar;s mouth are
gracious, but the lyppes of a foole wyll destroye
him selfe. The beginnyng of his talkynge
is foolyshnes, ∧ the last worde of his
mouth is starke madnesse. A foole is full of
wordes, ∧ a man cannot tell what shall come
to passe: who wyll then warne him of it
that shall folow after him? The laboure of
the folysh is greuous vnto th&ebar;, whyle they
knowe not howe to go into the citye.
Wo be vnto the (O thou lande) whose
kynge is but a child, and whose princes are
early at their banckettes.
D But well is the
(O thou lande) whose kynge is come of nobles,
∧ whose princes eate in due season, for
necessyte ∧ not for lust. Thorow slouthfulnesse
the balckes fall downe, ∧ thorow ydle
h&abar;des it rayneth in at the house. Meat maketh
men to laugh, and note wyne maketh th&ebar;
mery: but vnto money are all thinges obedient.
Wish þe; kyng no euell in thy thought
∧ speake no hurte of the ryche in thy preuy
ch&abar;bre: for a byrd of the ayre shall betraye
thy voyce, and with hir fethers shal she bewraye
thy wordes.
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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