A   My sonne, ^note defraude not þe; poore of hys almes, and turne not awaye thine eyes fr&obar; hym that hath nede. Despise not an hongrye soule, and defie not the poore in his necessite: greue not the herte of him that is helplesse, and withdrawe not the gift from the nedefull. Refuse not þe; prayer of one that is in trouble, turne not awaye thy face from the nedy. Cast not thyne eyes asyde from þe; poore, for anye euell wyll, that thou geue hym not occasion to speake euell of the. For yf he complayne of the in þe; bytternes of his soule, his prayer shall be herde: euen he that made him, shall heare him. Be curteous vnto the company of the poore, h&ubar;ble thy soule vnto the elder, and bowe downe thy head to a man of worshippe. Let it not greue the to bowe downe thine eare vnto þe; poore, but paye thy dett, and geue him a frendly answere, and that &wt; mekenesse.

B    ^noteDelyuer him that suffreth wronge from the h&abar;de of the oppressour, and be not faynt harted when thou syttest in iudgement. Be mercyfull vnto the fatherlesse as a father, ∧ be in steade of an husbande vnto their mother: so shalt thou be as an obedi&ebar;t sonne of the Hiest, and he shall loue the more th&ebar; thy mother doth: Wysdome bretheth lyfe into her children, receaueth them that seke her, ∧ will go before th&ebar; in the waye of righteousnes. He that loueth her, loueth life: and they that seke her dilygently, shall haue greate ioye. They that kepe her, shall haue the heritage of lyfe: for where she entreth in, there is the blessyng of God. They that honoure her, shall be the seruauntes of the holy one: and they that loue hyr, are beloued of God. Who so geueth eare vnto her, shall iudge þe; Heath&ebar;: and he that hath respecte vnto her, shall dwell safely.

C   He that beleueth her, shal haue her in possession, and hys generacion shall endure: for when he falleth, she doth go with hym, and choseth him among the best. Feare, drede ∧ temptacion shall she brynge vpon him, and trye him in her doctrine: tyll she haue so proued him in his thoughtes, that he commytt his soule vnto her. Then shall she stablishe hym, bryng the ryght waye vnto hym, make him a glad man, shewe him her secretes, and heape vpon him the treasures of knowledge, vnderstandynge and ryghteousnes. But yf he go wrong, she shall forsake him, and geue hym ouer into the handes of hys enemye.

D   My sonne, make moch of thy tyme, eschue the thinge that is euell, and for thy lyfe shame not to saye the trueth. For there is a shame that bringeth synne, and ther is a shame that bringeth worshyppe and sauour. ^noteAccepte no person after thyne awne wyll, that thou be not confounded to thyne awne decaye. Be not a shamed of thy neyghboure in his aduersite, and kepe not back thy co&ubar;cell when it maye do good, nether hyde thy wysdome in her bewty. For in the t&obar;ge is wysdome knowne, so is vnderstandyng knowledge and lerninge in the talkyng of þe; wise, ∧ stedfastnesse in the worckes of ryghteousnes. In no wyse speake agaynst the worde of treuth, but be ashamed of the lyes of thine awne ignora&ubar;ce. Shame not to c&obar;fesse thyne erroure, and submytte not thy selfe vnto euery man because of synne. Withst&abar;de not the face of the mighty, ∧ striue þu; not against þe; streame. But for ryghteousnes take paynes with all thy soule, ∧ for the trueth stryue thou vnto death, and God shall fyght for the agaynst thyne enemyes. Be not hastye in thy tong, nether slack and neglig&ebar;t in thy worckes. Be not as a lyon in thyne awne house, destroying thy housholde folkes, and oppressing th&ebar; that are vnder the. ^noteLet not thyne hande be stretched out to receaue, and shut when thou shuldest geue.

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