- 1. Watching for riches, consumeth the flesh, and the care therof driueth away sleepe.
- 2. Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease breaketh sleepe.
- 3. The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together, and when he resteth, he is filled with his delicates.
- 4. The poore laboureth in his poore estate, and when he leaueth off, hee is still needie.
- 5. He that loueth gold shall not bee iustified, and he that followeth corruption, shall haue enough thereof.
- 6. Gold hath bin the ruine of many, and their destruction was present.
- 7. It is a stumbling block vnto them that sacrifice vnto it, and euery foole shall be taken therewith.
- 8. Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, and hath not gone after gold:
- 9. Who is he? And we will call him blessed: for wonderfull things hath hee done among his people.
- 10. Who hath bene tried thereby, and found perfit? Then let him glory. Who might offend and hath not offended, or done euill, and hath not done it?
- 11. His goods shall be established, and the congregatio shall declare his almes.
- 12. If thou sit at a bountifull table, bee not greedy vpon it, and say not, There is much meate on it.
- 13. Remember that a wicked eye is an euill thing: and what is created more wicked then an eye? Therefore it weepeth vpon euery occasion.
- 14. Stretch not thine hand whithersoeuer it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish.
- 15. Iudge of thy neighbour by thy selfe: and be discreet in euery point.
- 16. Eate as it becommeth a man those things which are set before thee: and deuoure not, lest thou be hated.
- 17. Leaue off first for maners sake, and be not vnsatiable, lest thou offend.
- 18. When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all.
- 19. A very litle is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short vpon his bed.
- 20. Sound sleepe commeth of moderate eating: he riseth early, and his wits are with him, but the paine of watching and choller, and pangs of the bellie are with an vnsatiable man.
- 21. And if thou hast bin forced to eate, arise, goe forth, vomit, and thou shalt haue rest.
- 22. My sonne, heare me, and despise me not, and at the last thou shalt finde as I told thee: in all thy workes bee quicke, so shall there no sickenesse come vnto thee.
- 23. Who so is liberall of his meat, men shall speake well of him, and the report of his good housekeeping will be beleeued.
- 24. But against him that is a niggard of his meate, the whole citie shall murmure; and the testimonies of his niggardnesse shall not be doubted of.
- 25. Shew not thy valiantnesse in wine, for wine hath destroyed many.
- 26. The furnace prooueth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkennesse.
- 27. Wine is as good as life to a man if it be drunke moderatly: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad.
- 28. Wine measurably drunke, and in season, bringeth gladnesse of the heart and cheerefulnesse of the minde.
- 29. But wine drunken with excesse, maketh bitternesse of the minde, with brawling and quarreling.
- 30. Drunkennesse increaseth the rage of a foole till he offend, it diminisheth strength, and maketh wounds.
- 31. Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine, and despise him not in his mirth: giue him no despitefull words, and presse not vpon him with vrging him (to drinke.)
Ничего нет для сопоставления.
