- 1. A dead flye doth corrupt sweete oyntment, and maketh it to stinke: Euen so oft tymes he that hath ben had in estimation for wysdome and honour, is abhorred because of a litle foolishnesse.
- 2. A wyse mans heart is vpon his right hande, but a fooles heart vpon his left.
- 3. A foole wyll shewe him selfe when he goeth by the way, yet thinketh he that euery man doth as foolishly as him self.
- 4. If a principall spirite be geuen thee to beare rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for he that can take cure of him selfe, auoydeth great offences.
- 5. Another plague is there whiche I haue seene vnder the sunne, namely, the ignoraunce that is commonly among princes: in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath.
- 6. in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath.
- 7. I haue seene seruauntes ride vpon horses, and princes goyng vpon their feete as it were seruauntes.
- 8. But he that diggeth vp a pitte, shall fall therin hym selfe: and who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serpent shall byte hym.
- 9. Who so remoueth stones, shall haue trauayle withall: and he that heweth wood, shalbe hurt therwith.
- 10. When an iron is blunt and the poynt not sharpened, it must be whet agayne, and that with might: Euen so doth wisdome folowe diligence.
- 11. A backbiter is no better then a serpent that stingeth without hissing.
- 12. The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.
- 13. The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse.
- 14. A foole is full of wordes, and a man can not tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym?
- 15. The labour of the foolishe is greeuous vnto them, whyle they know not howe to go into the citie.
- 16. Wo be vnto thee O thou lande, whose kyng is but a chylde, and whose princes are early at their bankettes.
- 17. But well is thee O thou lande, whose kyng is come of nobles, and whose princes eate in due season for necessitie, and not for lust.
- 18. Thorowe slouthfulnesse the balkes fall downe, and thorowe idle handes it rayneth in at the house.
- 19. Meate maketh men to laugh, and wine maketh them merie: but vnto money are all thinges obedient.
- 20. Wishe the king no euil in thy thought, and speake no hurt of the riche in thy priuie chaumber: for a byrde of the ayre shall betray thy voyce, and with her fethers shall she bewray thy wordes.
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