Matthew(i)
1 Better is the poore that lyueth godly then the blasphemer that is but a foole.
2 Where no discrecion is, ther the soule is not well: and who so is swyft on fote, stombleth hastly,
3 Folyshuesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, and then is his hert vnpacient agaynst the Lorde.
4 Ryches make many frendes, but the poore is forsaken of his own frendes.
5 A false witnesse shall not remayne vnpunished, & he that speaketh lyes shal not escape.
6 The multitude hangeth vpon great men, and euery man fauoureth him that geueth rewardes.
7 As for the poore, he is hated amonge all hys brethren: yea, hys owne frendes forsake hym, & he that geueth credence vnto wordes getteth nothyng.
8 He that is wyse, loueth his owne soule: & who so hath vnderstandynge, shall prospere.
9 A false witnesse shall not remayne vnpunished, & he that speaketh lyes shal perish.
10 Delicate ease becommeth not a foole much more vnsemely is it, a bonde man too haue the rule of princes.
11 A wyse man putteth of displeasure, & it is his honour to let some fautes passe.
12 The kynges disfauour is lyke the roaryng of a Lyon, but hys frendship is lyke the dewe vpon the grasse.
13 An vndiscrete sonne is the heuynes of hys father, & a braulyng wyfe is lyke the top of an house, where thorow it is euer droppyng.
14 House & ryches maye a man haue by the heritage of hys elders, but a discrete woman is the gifte of the Lord.
15 Slouthfulnes bringeth slepe, & an ydel soule shall suffer hunger.
16 Who so kepeth the commaundement, kepeth hys owne soule: but he that regardeth not hys way, shal dye.
17 He that hath pittie vppon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord: & loke what he layeth oute, it shalbe payed hym agayn.
18 Chasten thy sonne whyle there is hope, but let not thy soule be moued to sleye hym.
19 For great wrath bryngeth harme, therfore let hym go, & so mayest thou teache hym more nurtoure.
20 O geue eare vnto good counsayll, & be content to be refourmed, that thou mayest be wyse here after.
21 There are many deuises in a mans hert, neuertheles the counsayll of the Lorde shall stande.
22 It is a mans worship to do good & better it is to be a poore man, then dissembler.
23 The feare of the Lord preserueth the life yea, it geueth plenteousnes, without the visitacion of any plage.
24 A slouthful body shuteth hys hande into hys bosome, so that he cannot put it to his mouth.
25 If thou smitest a scorneful personne, the ignoraunt shall take better hede: & if thou reprouest one that hath vnderstanding, he will be the wyser.
26 He that hurteth hys father or shuteth out his mother, is a shamefull & an vnworthy sonne.
27 My sonne, heare nomore the doctrine that leadeth the awaye from the wordes of vnderstandyng.
28 A false witnes laugheth iudgement to scorn & the mouth of the vngodly eateth vp wickednes.
29 Punishmentes are ordeyned for the scornefull, and strypes for fooles backes.