|
|
| [1]My sonne geue heede vnto my wisdome, and bowe thyne eare vnto my prudence |
[No book] |
| [2]That thou mayest regarde good counsell, and that thy lippes may kepe knowledge |
[No book] |
| [3]For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle |
[No book] |
| [4]But at the laste she is as bitter as wormewood, and as sharpe as a two edged sworde |
[No book] |
| [5]Her feete go downe vnto death, and her steppes pearce thorowe vnto hell |
[No book] |
| [6]Perchaunce thou wylt ponder the path of her lyfe: so vnstedfast are her wayes that thou canst not know them |
[No book] |
| [7]Heare me nowe therefore O ye chyldren, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth |
[No book] |
| [8]Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house |
[No book] |
| [9]That thou geue not thy honour vnto other, and thy yeres to the cruell |
[No book] |
| [10]That other men be not filled with thy vertues, and that thy labours come not in a straunge house |
[No book] |
| [11]Yea, that thou mourne not at the last, when thou hast spent thy bodye and lustie youth, and then say |
[No book] |
| [12]Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction |
[No book] |
| [13]Wherefore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, and hearkened not vnto them that enfourmed me |
[No book] |
| [14]I was come almost into all misfortune, in the middest of the multitude and congregation |
[No book] |
| [15]Drinke of the water of thyne owne well, and of the riuers that runne out of thyne owne spring |
[No book] |
| [16]Let thy welles flowe out abrode, that there may be riuers of waters in the streates |
[No book] |
| [17]But let them be onlye thyne owne, and not straungers with thee |
[No book] |
| [18]Let thy well be blessed, and be glad with the wyfe of thy youth |
[No book] |
| [19]Let her be as the louyng Hinde and pleasaunt Roe: let her breastes alway satisfie thee, and holde thee euer content with her loue |
[No book] |
| [20]Why wylt thou my sonne haue pleasure in a straunge woman, and embrace the bosome of a straunger |
[No book] |
| [21]For euery mans wayes are open in the sight of the Lord, and he pondereth all their goynges |
[No book] |
| [22]The wickednes of the vngodly shall catche him selfe, and with the snares of his owne sinne shall he be trapped |
[No book] |
| [23]He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray |
[No book] |