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| [1]Trauaile and carefulnesse for riches taketh away the sleepe, and maketh the fleshe to consume. |
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| [2]When one lyeth and taketh care, he waketh euer vp, lyke as a great sicknesse breaketh the sleepe. |
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| [3]The rich hath great labour in gathering his riches together, and then with the pleasure of his riches he taketh his rest and is refreshed. |
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| [4]But who so laboureth and prospereth not, he is poore: and though he leaue of, yet is he a begger. |
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| [5]He that loueth riches, shal not be iustified: and who so foloweth corruption, shall haue inough thereof. |
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| [6]Many one are come in great misfortune by the reason of golde, and haue founde their destruction before them. |
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| [7]It is a tree of falling vnto them that offer it vp, and all such as be foolishe fal therein. |
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| [8]Blessed is the rich which is founde without blemishe, & hath not gone after golde, nor hoped in money & treasures. |
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| [9]Where is there such a one, and we shal commend him and call him blessed? for wonderfull thinges doth he among his people. |
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| [10]Who so is tryed and founde perfect in such thinges, shalbe commended and praysed: who might offende, and hath not offended? who coulde do euill, and hath not done it? |
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| [11]Therfore shall his good be stablished, and the whole congregation shall declare his almes. |
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| [12]If thou sit at a great mans table, open not thy mouth wide vpon it, and say not there is much meate on it. |
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| [13]Remember that an euil eye is a shrewe: What thing created is worse then a wicked eye? therefore weepeth it before euery mans face? |
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| [14]Laye not thyne hande vpon euery thing that thyne eye seeth: and striue not with him in the dishe. |
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| [15]Ponder by thy selfe what thy neighbour would faine haue, and be discreete in euery poynt. |
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| [16]Eate the thing that is set before thee manerlie as it becommeth a man, and eate not to much, lest thou be abhorred. |
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| [17]Leaue thou of first of al, because of nurture, lest thou be he whom no man may satisfie, which may turne to thy decay. |
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| [18]When thou sittest among many men, reache not thyne hand out first of al, neither call thou first for drinke. |
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| [19]O how well content is a wyse man with a litle wine? so that in sleepe thou shalt not be sicke thereof, nor feele any payne. |
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| [20]A sweete holsome sleepe shall such a one haue, and feele no inwarde greefe, he ryseth vp betimes in the morning, and is wel at ease in him selfe: but an vnsatiable eater sleepeth vnquietly, and hath ache and payne of the body. |
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| [21]If thou feelest that thou hast eaten to much, arise, go thy way, cast it of thy stomacke, and take thy rest: and it shall ease thee, so that thou shalt bring no sicknesse vnto thy body. |
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| [22]My sonne heare me, and despise me not, and at the last thou shalt finde as I haue tolde thee: In all thy workes be diligent and quicke, so shall there no sicknesse happen vnto thee. |
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| [23]Who so is liberall in dealing out his meate, many men shall blesse him, and prayse him with their lippes: and the same is a sure token of his loue & faithfulnesse. |
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| [24]But he that is vnfaithfull in meate, the whole citie shall complaine of him: and that is a sure experience of his infidelitie and wickednesse. |
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| [25]Shewe not thy valiantnes in wine, for wine hath destroyed many a man. |
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| [26]The fire prooueth the hard iron: euen so doth wine prooue the heartes of the proude, when they be druncken. |
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| [27]Wine soberly druncken, quickeneth the lyfe of man: If thou drinkest it measurably, thou shalt be temperate: What is the lyfe of him that is ouercome with wine? what taketh away the lyfe? euen death. |
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| [28]Wine was made from the beginning to make men glad, and not for drunkennesse: wine measurably drunken is a reioycing of the soule and body: A measurable drinking is health to soule and body. |
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| [29]But if it be druncken with excesse, it maketh bitternesse and sorowe vnto the minde. |
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| [30]Drunkennesse filleth the minde of the foolishe with shame & ruine, minisheth the strength, and maketh woundes. |
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| [31]Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine, and despise him not in his mirth: Geue him no dispitefull wordes, and preasse not vpon him with contrary sayinges. |
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