Matthew(i)
1 The wordes of kyng Lamuell, and the Prophecye that his mother taughte hym.
2 My sonne, thou sonne of my body: O my deare beloued sonne,
3 geue not ouer thy substaunce & mynde vnto women, whiche are the destruction euen of kinges.
4 O Lamuel, geue kynges no wyne, geue kynges & princes no strong drincke:
5 lest they beyng dronken forget the law, & regarde not the cause of the poore, and of al such as be in aduersite.
6 Geue strong drinke vnto suche as are condempned to death, & wyne vnto those that mourne:
7 that they may drinke it, & forget their misery and aduersitie.
8 Be thou an aduocate, and stande in iudgement thy selfe, to speake for all such as be domme & socourles.
9 With thy mouth defende the thyng that is lawful and right, and the cause of the poore and helpelesse.