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23:1	Whanne thou sittist, to ete with the prince, perseyue thou diligentli what thingis ben set bifore thi face,
23:2	and sette thou a withholding in thi throte. If netheles thou hast power on thi soule,
23:3	desire thou not of his metis, in whom is the breed of `a leesing.
23:4	Nyle thou trauele to be maad riche, but sette thou mesure to thi prudence.
23:5	Reise not thin iyen to richessis, whiche thou maist not haue; for tho schulen make to hem silf pennes, as of an egle, and tho schulen flee in to heuene.
23:6	Ete thou not with an enuyouse man, and desire thou not hise metis;
23:7	for at the licnesse of a fals dyuynour and of a coniectere, he gessith that, that he knowith not. He schal seie to thee, Ete thou and drinke; and his soule is not with thee.
23:8	Thou schalt brake out the metis, whiche thou hast ete; and thou schalt leese thi faire wordis.
23:9	Speke thou not in the eeris of vnwise men; for thei schulen dispise the teching of thi speche.
23:10	Touche thou not the termes of litle children; and entre thou not in to the feeld of fadirles and modirles children.
23:11	For the neiybore of hem is strong, and he schal deme her cause ayens thee.
23:12	Thin herte entre to techyng, and thin eeris `be redi to the wordis of kunnyng.
23:13	Nile thou withdrawe chastisyng fro a child; for thouy thou smyte hym with a yerde, he schal not die.
23:14	Thou schalt smyte hym with a yerde, and thou schalt delyuere his soule fro helle.
23:15	Mi sone, if thi soule is wijs, myn herte schal haue ioye with thee;
23:16	and my reynes schulen make ful out ioye, whanne thi lippis speken riytful thing.
23:17	Thin herte sue not synneris; but be thou in the drede of the Lord al dai.
23:18	For thou schalt haue hope at the laste, and thin abidyng schal not be don awei.
23:19	Mi sone, here thou, and be thou wijs, and dresse thi soule in the weie.
23:20	Nyle thou be in the feestis of drinkeris, nether in the ofte etyngis of hem, that bryngen togidere fleischis to ete.
23:21	For men yyuynge tent to drinkis, and yyuyng mussels togidere, schulen be waastid, and napping schal be clothid with clothis.
23:22	Here thi fadir, that gendride thee; and dispise not thi modir, whanne sche is eld.
23:23	Bie thou treuthe, and nyle thou sille wisdom, and doctryn, and vndurstonding.
23:24	The fadir of a iust man ioieth ful out with ioie; he that gendride a wijs man, schal be glad in hym.
23:25	Thi fadir and thi modir haue ioye, and he that gendride thee, make ful out ioye.
23:26	My sone, yyue thin herte to me, and thin iyen kepe my weyes.
23:27	For an hoore is a deep diche, and an alien womman is a streit pit.
23:28	Sche settith aspie in the weie, as a theef; and sche schal sle hem, whiche sche schal se vnwar.
23:29	To whom is wo? to whos fadir is wo? to whom ben chidingis? to whom ben dichis? to whom ben woundis with out cause? to whom is puttyng out of iyen?
23:30	Whether not to hem, that dwellen in wyn, and studien to drynke al of cuppis?
23:31	Biholde thou not wyn, whanne it sparclith, whanne the colour therof schyneth in a ver.
23:32	It entrith swetli, but at the laste it schal bite as an eddre doith, and as a cocatrice it schal schede abrood venyms.
23:33	Thin iyen schulen se straunge wymmen, and thi herte schal speke weiwerd thingis.
23:34	And thou schalt be as a man slepinge in the myddis of the see, and as a gouernour aslepid, whanne the steere is lost.
23:35	And thou schalt seie, Thei beeten me, but Y hadde not sorewe; thei drowen me, and Y feelide not; whanne schal Y wake out, and Y schal fynde wynes eft?


23:1	When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee,
23:2	And put the knife to thy throte, if thou be a man giuen to the appetite.
23:3	Be not desirous of his deintie meates: for it is a deceiuable meate.
23:4	Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome.
23:5	Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it, which is nothing? for riches taketh her to her wings, as an eagle, and flyeth into the heauen.
23:6	Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.
23:7	For as though he thought it in his heart, so will hee say vnto thee, Eate and drinke: but his heart is not with thee.
23:8	Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweete wordes.
23:9	Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.
23:10	Remooue not the ancient boundes, and enter not into the fieldes of the fatherlesse.
23:11	For he that redeemeth them, is mightie: he will defend their cause against thee.
23:12	Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.
23:13	Withhold not correction from the childe: if thou smite him with the rodde, he shall not die.
23:14	Thou shalt smite him with the rodde, and shalt deliuer his soule from hell.
23:15	My sonne, if thine heart be wise, mine heart shall reioyce, and I also.
23:16	And my reynes shall reioyce, when thy lips speake righteous things.
23:17	Let not thine heart bee enuious against sinners: but let it bee in the feare of the Lord continually.
23:18	For surely there is an ende, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
23:19	O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
23:20	Keepe not company with drunkards, nor with gluttons.
23:21	For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges.
23:22	Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.
23:23	Bye the trueth, but sell it not: likewise wisdome, and instruction, and vnderstanding.
23:24	The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce, and hee that begetteth a wise childe, shall haue ioy of him.
23:25	Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.
23:26	My sonne, giue mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my wayes.
23:27	For a whore is as a deepe ditche, and a strange woman is as a narrowe pitte.
23:28	Also she lyeth in wait as for a praye, and she increaseth the transgressers among men.
23:29	To whome is woe? to whome is sorowe? to whom is strife? to whom is murmuring? to whom are woundes without cause? and to whome is the rednesse of the eyes?
23:30	Euen to them that tarie long at the wine, to them that goe, and seeke mixt wine.
23:31	Looke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleasantly.
23:32	In the ende thereof it will bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise.
23:33	Thine eyes shall looke vpon strange women, and thine heart shall speake lewde things.
23:34	And thou shalt bee as one that sleepeth in the middes of the sea, and as hee that sleepeth in the toppe of the maste.
23:35	They haue stricken mee, shalt thou say, but I was not sicke: they haue beaten mee, but I knew not, when I awoke: therefore will I seeke it yet still.


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