A   Wysdome preserued the fyrst man, whom God made a father of the worlde, wh&ebar; he was created alone brought h&ibar; out of his offence toke him out of the ^note moulde of the eerth: ∧ gaue hym power to rule all thinges. ^noteWhen the vnryghteous w&ebar;te awaye in his wrath fr&obar; this wysdome, þe; brotherhed peryshed thorow the wrath of murthur. Agayne, when the ^note water destroyed þe; whole worlde, wysdome preserued þe; righteous thorow a poore tre, wherof she was gouerner her selfe. Moreouer wh&ebar; wyckednes had gotten þe; vpper

hande so þt; þe; nacions were puft vp &wt; pryde she knewe the ryghteo&us;, preserued him fautlesse vnto God, and layed vp sure mercy of his chyldren. She preserued the ryghteous, ^note wh&ebar; he fled fr&obar; the vngodly that perished, what tyme as þe; fyre fell downe vp&obar; the .v. B    cyties: Lyke as yet this daye þe; vnfrutefull waste, and smokyng l&abar;d geueth testimony of theyr wyckednesse: yee, the vnrype ∧ vntimely frutes that growe vpon the trees.

And for a token of a remembra&ubar;ce of the vnfaythfull soule, there standeth a pyler of salt, For all soch as regarded not wysdome gat not onely this hurte, þt; they knewe not the thynges which were good, but also left behynde th&ebar; vnto men, a memoriall of their foolishnes: so that in þe; thinges wherin they synned, they coulde not be hydd. But as for soch as take hede vnto wysdome, she shal delyuer them from sorowe.

C    ^noteWhen the ryghteous fled because of hys brothers wrath, wysdome led h&ibar; the ryght waye, shewed him the Kyngdome of God, gaue him knowledge of holy thinges, made him riche &ibar; his laboures, ∧ brought to passe the thinges that he wente aboute. In þe; disceatfulnes of soch as defrauded him, she stode by him, ∧ made him ryche. She saued h&ibar; from the enemies, ∧ defended him from the disceauers. She made hym stronge in battaill ∧ gaue him the victory, that he myght knowe, how that wysdome is str&obar;ger then all thinges. ^noteWhen þe; ryghteous was sold, she forsoke him not, but delyuered hym fr&obar; synners. She wente downe with hym into the dongeon, and fayled him not in the bandes: ^note tyll she had brought hym the scepter of the realme, &abar;d power agaynst those that oppressed him. As for them that had accused hym, she declared them to be lyers, and brought hym to perpetuall worshypp.

D    ^noteShe delyuered the ryghteous people &abar;d fautlesse sede, from þe; nacy&obar;s that oppressed them. She entred into the soule of the seruaunt of God, and stode by him in wonders and tokens agaynst the horrible king. She gaue the ryghteous the rewarde of theyr labours, ∧ led them forth a maruelous waye: on the daye tyme she was a shadowe vnto them, &abar;d a lyght of starres in the night season. ^noteShe brought th&ebar; thorow þe; reed see, ∧ caryed them thorow the greate water. She drowned theyr enemies &ibar; the see, ∧ brought them out of the depe. So the ryghteous toke þe; spoyles of the vngodly. ^note and praysed thy holy name, O Lorde, ∧ magnified thy victorious hand &wt; one accorde. ^noteFor wysdome openeth the mouth of the domme, &abar;d maketh the tonges of babes to speake.

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