1   Better is a drie morsel with ioy, then a house ful of victimes with brawling. ^note

2   A wise seruant shal rule ouer foolish children, and diuide inheritance among bretheren. ^note

3   As siluer is tried by fyre, and gold in the fournace: so our Lord proueth the the harts. ^note

4   The euil man obeyeth an vniust tongue: and the deceitful obeyeth lying lippes. ^note

5   He that despiseth the poore, vpbraydeth his maker: and he that reioyceth at an other mans ruine, shal not be vnpunished. ^note

6   The crowne of oldmen the childrens children: and the glorie of children their fathers. ^note

7   Eloquent wordes become not a foole, nor lying lippes a prince. ^note

8   A most gratful pearle, the expectation of him that expecteth: whither soeuer he turneth himself, he vnderstandeth wisely. ^note

9   He that concealeth offence, seeketh frendshipes: he that in other word repeteth it, seperateth the confederate. ^note

10   Reprehension doth more profit with a wiseman, then an hundred stripes with a foole. ^note

11   An euil man alwayes seeketh brawles: but a cruel angel shal be sent against him. ^note

12   It is better to meete a beare when her yong are taken away, then a foole trusting to himselfe in his owne follie. ^note

13   He that rendereth euil thinges for good, euil shal not depart from his house. ^note

14   He that letteth water goe, is the head of brawles: & before he suffer contumelie, he forsaketh iudgement. ^note

15   He that iustifieth the impious, and he that condemneth the iust, both are abominable before God. ^note

16   What doth it profit a foole to haue riches, wheras he can not buy wisdom? ^note

16   He that maketh his house high, seeketh ruine: and he that refuseth to learne, shal fal into euils. ^note

17   He loueth at al time that is a frend: and a brother is proued in distresses. ^note

18   A foolish man wil clappe the handes, when he is suretie for his freind. ^note

19   He that meditateth discordes, loueth brawles: and he that exalteth the doore, seeketh ruine. ^note

20   He that is of a peruerse hart, shal not finde good: and he that turneth his tongue, shal fal into euil. ^note

21   A foole is borne to his owne ignominie: but neither shal the father reioyce in a foole. ^note

22   A ioyful minde maketh a florishing age: a sorowful spirit dryeth vp the bones. ^note

23   The impious receiueth giftes out of the bosome, that he may peruert the pathes of iudgement. ^note

24   In the face of the prudent wisdom shineth: the eies of fooles are in the endes of the earth. ^note

25   A foolish sonne is the anger of the father: and the sorow of the mother that bare him. ^note

26   It is not good, to doe hurt to the iust: nor to strike the prince, which iudgeth right. ^note

27   He that moderateth his wordes, is lerned and prudent: and the lerned man is of a precious spirit. ^note

28   The foole also if he hold his peace, shal be reputed wise: and if he close his lippes, a man of vnderstanding. ^note

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