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| [1]DeadH4194 fliesH2070 cause the ointmentH8081 of the apothecaryH7543[H8802] to send forthH5042[H8686] a stinking savourH887[H8686]: so doth a littleH4592 follyH5531 him that is in reputationH3368 for wisdomH2451 and honourH3519. |
[1]Flies `that dien, leesen the swetnesse of oynement. Litil foli at a tyme is preciousere than wisdom and glorie. |
| [2]A wise man'sH2450 heartH3820 is at his right handH3225; but a fool'sH3684 heartH3820 at his leftH8040. |
[2]The herte of a wijs man is in his riyt side; and the herte of a fool is in his left side. |
| [3]Yea also, when he that is a foolH5530 walkethH1980[H8802] by the wayH1870, his wisdomH3820 failethH2638 him, and he saithH559[H8804] to every one that he is a foolH5530. |
[3]But also a fool goynge in the weie, whanne he is vnwijs, gessith alle men foolis. |
| [4]If the spiritH7307 of the rulerH4910[H8802] rise upH5927[H8799] against thee, leaveH3240[H8686] not thy placeH4725; for yieldingH4832 pacifiethH3240[H8686] greatH1419 offencesH2399. |
[4]If the spirit of hym, that hath power, stieth on thee, forsake thou not thi place; for heeling schal make gretteste synnes to ceesse. |
| [5]There isH3426 an evilH7451 which I have seenH7200[H8804] under the sunH8121, as an errorH7684 which proceedethH3318[H8802] fromH6440 the rulerH7989: |
[5]An yuel is, which Y siy vndur the sunne, and goith out as bi errour fro the face of the prince; a fool set in hiy dignyte, |
| [6]FollyH5529 is setH5414[H8738] in greatH7227 dignityH4791, and the richH6223 sitH3427[H8799] in low placeH8216. |
[6]and riche men sitte bynethe. |
| [7]I have seenH7200[H8804] servantsH5650 upon horsesH5483, and princesH8269 walkingH1980[H8802] as servantsH5650 upon the earthH776. |
[7]I siy seruauntis on horsis, and princes as seruauntis goynge on the erthe. |
| [8]He that diggethH2658[H8802] a pitH1475 shall fallH5307[H8799] into it; and whoso breakethH6555[H8802] an hedgeH1447, a serpentH5175 shall biteH5391 himH8799. |
[8]He that diggith a diche, schal falle in to it; and an eddre schal bite hym, that distrieth an hegge. |
| [9]Whoso removethH5265[H8688] stonesH68 shall be hurtH6087[H8735] therewith; and he that cleavethH1234[H8802] woodH6086 shall be endangeredH5533 therebyH8735. |
[9]He that berith ouer stoonys, schal be turmentid in tho; and he that kittith trees, schal be woundid of tho. |
| [10]If the ironH1270 be bluntH6949[H8765], and he do not whetH7043[H8773] the edgeH6440, then must he putH1396[H8762] to more strengthH2428: but wisdomH2451 is profitableH3504 to directH3787.[H8687] |
[10]If yrun is foldid ayen, and this is not as bifore, but is maad blunt, it schal be maad scharp with myche trauel; and wisdom schal sue aftir bisynesse. |
| [11]Surely the serpentH5175 will biteH5391[H8799] without enchantmentH3908; and a babblerH3956[H1167] is no betterH3504. |
[11]If a serpent bitith, it bitith in silence; he that bacbitith priueli, hath no thing lesse than it. |
| [12]The wordsH1697 of a wise man'sH2450 mouthH6310 are graciousH2580; but the lipsH8193 of a foolH3684 will swallow upH1104 himselfH8762. |
[12]The wordis of the mouth of a wijs man is grace; and the lippis of an vnwijs man schulen caste hym doun. |
| [13]The beginningH8462 of the wordsH1697 of his mouthH6310 is foolishnessH5531: and the endH319 of his talkH6310 is mischievousH7451 madnessH1948. |
[13]The bigynnyng of hise wordis is foli; and the laste thing of his mouth is the worste errour. |
| [14]A foolH5530 also is fullH7235[H8686] of wordsH1697: a manH120 cannot tellH3045[H8799] what shall be; and what shall be afterH310 him, who can tellH5046 himH8686? |
[14]A fool multiplieth wordis; a man noot, what was bifore hym, and who mai schewe to hym that, that schal come aftir hym? |
| [15]The labourH5999 of the foolishH3684 weariethH3021[H8762] every one of them, because he knowethH3045[H8804] not how to goH3212[H8800] to the cityH5892. |
[15]The trauel of foolis shal turment hem, that kunnen not go in to the citee. |
| [16]WoeH337 to thee, O landH776, when thy kingH4428 is a childH5288, and thy princesH8269 eatH398[H8799] in the morningH1242! |
[16]Lond, wo to thee, whos kyng is a child, and whose princes eten eerli. |
| [17]BlessedH835 art thou, O landH776, when thy kingH4428 is the sonH1121 of noblesH2715, and thy princesH8269 eatH398[H8799] in due seasonH6256, for strengthH1369, and not for drunkennessH8358! |
[17]Blessid is the lond, whos kyng is noble; and whose princis eten in her tyme, to susteyne the kynde, and not to waste. |
| [18]By much slothfulnessH6103 the buildingH4746 decayethH4355[H8735]; and through idlenessH8220 of the handsH3027 the houseH1004 droppeth throughH1811.[H8799] |
[18]Betere is wisdom than armuris of batel; and he that synneth in o thing, schal leese many goodis. |
| [19]A feastH3899 is madeH6213[H8802] for laughterH7814, and wineH3196 maketh merryH8055[H8762][H2416]: but moneyH3701 answerethH6030 all thingsH8799. |
[19]In leiyyng thei disposen breed and wyn, that thei drynkynge ete largeli; and alle thingis obeien to monei. |
| [20]CurseH7043[H8762] not the kingH4428, no not in thy thoughtH4093; and curseH7043[H8762] not the richH6223 in thy bedchamberH2315[H4904]: for a birdH5775 of the airH8064 shall carryH3212[H8686] the voiceH6963, and that which hathH1167 wingsH3671 shall tellH5046[H8686] the matterH1697. |
[20]In thi thouyt bacbite thou not the kyng, and in the priuete of thi bed, curse thou not a riche man; for the briddis of heuene schulen bere thi vois, and he that hath pennys, schal telle the sentence. |