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[1]When thou sittest to eate with a noble man, consider diligently what is set before thee
[2]Measure thyne appetite if it be gredyly set
[3]Be not desirous of his daintie meates, for meate begyleth and deceaueth
[4]Take not ouer great trauayle to be riche, beware of suche a purpose
[5]Wylt thou set thyne eye vpon the thing which sodenly vanisheth away? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight lyke an Egle into the ayre
[6]Eate thou not the bread of hym that hath an euyll eye: neither desire thou his daintie meate
[7]For as though he thought it in his heart, he saith, eate and drinke: where as his heart is not with thee
[8]The morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreake, and loose those sweete wordes
[9]Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes
[10]Remoue not the olde lande marke, and come not within the fielde of the fatherlesse
[11]For their redeemer is mightie, euen he shall defend their cause against thee
[12]Applye thyne heart vnto correction, and thyne eare to the wordes of knowledge
[13]Withholde not correction from the chylde: for if thou beatest hym with the rodde, he shall not dye thereof
[14]If thou smyte hym with the rodde, thou shalt deliuer his soule from hell
[15]My sonne if thy heart receaue wysdome, my heart also shall reioyce
[16]Yea my raynes shalbe very glad, if thy lippes speake the thing that is right
[17]Let not thyne heart be ielous to folowe sinners, but kepe thee styll in the feare of the Lorde all the day long
[18]For veryly there is an ende, and thy pacient abiding shall not be cut of
[19]My sonne geue eare and be wyse, and set straight thyne heart in the way [of the Lorde.
[20]Kepe not company with wine bibbers, and riotous eaters of fleshe
[21]For suche as be drunkardes and riotours shall come to pouertie: and he that is geuen to muche sleepe, shall go with a ragged coate
[22]Geue eare vnto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde
[23]Purchase trueth, wysdome, nurture, and vnderstanding, and sell them not
[24]The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wyse chylde, shall haue ioy of hym
[25][Do so that] thy father and mother may be glad of thee, and that she that bare thee may reioyce
[26]My sonne geue me thyne heart, and let thyne eyes haue pleasure in my wayes
[27]For an whore is a deepe graue, and a straunge woman is a narowe pit
[28]She lyeth in wayte as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours amongst men
[29]Who hath wo? who hath sorowe? who hath strife? who hath brawling? and who hath woundes without a cause
[30]Or who hath red eyes? euen they that be euer at the wine, & seeke excesse
[31]Looke not thou vpon the wine howe red it is, and what a colour it geueth in the glasse
[32]It goeth downe sweetely, but at the last it byteth like a serpent, and stingeth lyke an adder
[33]Thyne eyes shall beholde straunge women, and thyne heart shall vtter lewde thinges
[34]Yea thou shalt be as though thou layest in the middest of the sea, or slepest vppon the top of the maste of a ship
[35]They haue beaten me [shalt thou say] and I was not sicke, they haue stricken me, and I felt it not: When I am well wakened, I wil go to the drinke again
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