A   Who so toucheth pytch, shalbe fyled withall: and he that is familiar &wt; the proude, shal clothe him selfe &wt; pryde. He taketh a burthen vpon him, that accompanyeth a more honorable man then him self. Therfore, kepe no familiarite with one that is richer then thy selfe. How agree the ketell aud the pot together? for yf the one be smytten agaynst the other, it shall be brok&ebar;. The rych dealeth vnryghteously, ∧ threateneth withal: but þe; poore beyng oppressed ∧ wrongeously dealt withall, suffreth scarcenes, ∧ geneth fayre wordes. If thou be for hys profyt, he vseth the: but yf thou haue nothynge, he shall forsake þe;. As longe as thou hast eny thing of thyne awne, he shal be a good felow with the: yee, he shal make the a bare man, and not be sory for the. If he haue nede of the, he shall defraude the: and (with a preuy mocke) shall he put the in an hope, and geue the all good wordes and saye: what w&abar;test thou? Thus shall he shame the in his meate, vntill he haue supte the cleane vp twise or thryse, &abar;d at þe; last shall he laugh þe; to scorne. Afterward, when he seyth that thou hast nothynge, he shal forsake the, and shake his heade at the. (Submytte thy selfe vnto God, and wayte vpon hys hande.)

B   Beware, that thou be not disceaued and brought downe in thy symplenesse. Be not to h&ubar;ble in thy wisdome: lest when thou art brought lowe, þu; be disceaued thorow foolyshnes. If thou be called of a myghtye man, absent thy selfe, so shall he call the to him þe; more oft. Preasse not þu; vnto him, that thou be not shutt out: but goo not þu; farre of, lest he forgett þe;. Withdraw not thy self fr&obar; his speach, but beleue not his many wordes.

For &wt; moch c&obar;municaci&obar; shall he t&ebar;pte the, ∧ (with a preuy mock) shall he questyon the of thy secrettes. The vnmercyfull minde of his shal marck thy wordes, he shal not spare to do þe; hurte, ∧ to put þe; in preson. Beware, &abar;d take good hede to thy selfe, for þu; walkest in parel of thy ouerthrowyng.

C   Now when thou hearest his wordes, make þe; as though thou werest in a dreame, and wake vp. Loue God all thy lyfe longe, and call vp&obar; him in thy nede. Euery beast loueth his like, eu&ebar; so let euery m&abar; loue his neyghbour. All flesh will resorte to their lyke, and euery man will kepe company with soch as he is him self. But as þe; wolfe agreeth with the lambe, so doth þe; vngodly with the righteous. ^noteWhat felyshyp shulde an holy man haue with a dogge. How can the rych ∧ the poore agree together? The wilde Asse is the lyons praye in the wyldernesse, euen so are poore men the meate of the ryche. Lyke as the proude maye not awaye wyth lowlynes, euen so doth the ryche abhorre the poore: If a ryche man fall, hys frendes set hym vp agayne: but when the poore falleth, hys aquayntaunce forsake hym. If a ryche man fall into an erroure, he hath many helpers: he speaketh proude wordes, and yet men iustifye hym.

D   But yf a poore man go wronge, he is punyshed: yee though he speake wisely, yet can it haue no place. When the ryche man speaketh euery body holdeth his t&obar;ge: and loke what he saieth, they prayse it vnto the cloudes. But yf the poore m&abar; speake, they saye: What felowe is thys? and yf he do amysse, they shal destroye him. Riches are good vnto him that hath no synne in his conscience, and pouerte is a wicked thing in the mouth of the vngodly. The herte of man cha&ubar;geth his countenaunce, whether it be in good or euell. A chearfull countenaunce is a token of a good herte, for els it is an harde thynge to knowe the thought.

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