and all passed thorow the see were all baptised vnder Moses in the cloude and in the see and dyd all eate of one spirituall meate and dyd all drynke of one spirituall drynke but they dronke of the spirituall rocke that folowed thē which rocke was Christ. Neuertheles in many of them had God no delyte for they were smytten downe in the wyldernesse These are ensamples vnto vs y t we shulde not lust after euell thinges as they lusted Nether be ye worshippers off ymages as were some of them Acordinge as it is wryttē The people sat downe to eate and drynke and rose vp to playe Nether let vs commytte whordome as some of them cōmytted whordome and fell in one daye thre twenty thousande Nether let vs tempte Christ as some of them tempted him and were destroyed of serpētes Nether murmur ye as some of them murmured and were destroyed thorow the destroyer All these thinges happened vnto thē for ensamples but they are wryttē to warne vs vpon whom the ende of y e worlde is come Therfore let him that thinketh he stondeth take hede lest he fall There hath yet no tēptacion ouertaken you but soch as foloweth the nature of man Neuertheles God is faithfull which shal not suffre you to be tempted aboue youre strength but shal in the myddes of y e temptacion make a waye to come out that ye maye beare it Wherfore my dearly beloued fle from worshippinge of Idols I speake vnto them which haue discreciō iudge ye what I saye The cuppe of thākesgeuynge wherwith we geue thankes is it not the partakinge of the bloude of Christ The bred that we breake is it not y e partakinge of y e body of Christ For we many are one bred one body in as moch as we all are partakers of one bred Beholde Israel after the fleszhe They y t eate the sacrifices are they not partakers of the altare What shal I now saye then Shal I saye that the Idoll is eny thinge Or that it which is offred vnto the Idoll is eny thinge Nay But this I saye that loke what the Heythen offre that offre they vnto deuels and not vnto God Now wolde I not that ye shulde be in the fellishippe of deuels Ye can not drynke of the cuppe of the LORDE and of the cuppe of the deuels Ye can not be partakers of the LORDES table and of the table of deuels Or wyl we prouoke the LORDE I maye do all thinges but all thinges are not profitable I maye do all thinges but all thinges edifye not Let noman seke his awne profit but let euery man seke anothers welth What soeuer is solde in the fleshmarket that eate and axe no question for conscience sake For the earth is the LORDES and all y t therin is Yf eny of thē y t beleue not byd you to a feast and yf ye be disposed to go what soeuer is set before you that eate axinge no question for conscience sake But yf eny man saye vnto you This is offred vnto Idols thē eate not of it for his sake that shewed it and for hurtinge of conscience The earth is the LORDES and all that therin is Neuertheles I speake of consciēce not thine but of y e other For why shulde my liberty be iudged of another mās cōscience For yf I take my parte w t thankesgeuynge why am I euell spoken of for y t thinge wherfore I geue thankes Therfore whether ye eate or drynke or what so euer ye do do all to y e prayse of God Be not ye an occasion of fallinge nether to the Iewes ner to the Gentyles ner to the congregacion of God euē as I also please all men in all thinges not sekinge myne awne profit but the profit of many that they mighte be saued Folowe ye me as I do Christ. The XI Chapter I Commende you brethren that ye remembre me in all poyntes and kepe the ordinaunces euē as I delyuered them vnto you But I certifye you that Christ is the heade of euery man As for y e man he is the heade of y e woman but God is Christes heade Euery man that prayeth or prophecieth and hath eny thinge on his heade shameth his heade But euery woman that prayeth or prophecieth with vncouered heade dishonesteth hir heade For it is euen a lyke moch as yf she were shauen Yf the womā be not couered let hir heer also be cut of But yf it be vncomely for a woman to haue hir heer cut of or to be shauen then let hir couer hir heade Neuertheles the man oughte not to couer his heade for so moch as he is the ymage and glory of God but the womā is the glory of the man For the man is not of the woman but the woman of the man Nether was the man created for the womans sake but the womā for the mans sake Therfore ought the woman to haue a power vpon hir heade for the angels sakes Neuertheles nether is the man without y e woman nether the woman without the mā in the LORDE For as the woman is of the man euen so commeth the man also by the woman but all of God Iudge ye by yo selues whether it be comly y t a womā praye before God bare headed Or doth not nature teach you y t it is a shame for a man yf he weere lōge heer a prayse to y e womā yf she weere lōge heer For hir heer is geuē heer to couer her withall But yf there be eny man amōge you that hath lust to stryue let him knowe that we haue no soch custome nether the congregacions of God But this must I warne you of I commende it not that ye come together not after a better maner but after a worse First whan ye come together in the congregacion I heare that there are discensions amonge you and I partly beleue it For there must be sectes amonge you that they which are perfecte amonge you mighte be knowne Now whan ye come together the LORDES supper can not be kepte For whan it shulde be kepte euery mā taketh his awne supper afore And one is hōgrie another is dronkē Haue ye not houses to eate and drynke in Or despyse ye y e cōgregacion of God and shame them that haue not What shal I saye vnto you Shal I prayse you in this prayse I you not That which I delyuered vnto you receaued I of the LORDE For the LORDE Iesus the same nighte in the which he was betrayed toke the bred gaue thankes and brake it and sayde Take ye eate ye this is my body which is broken for you This do in the remembraunce of me After the same maner also he toke y e cuppe whan supper was done and sayde This cuppe is the new Testament in my bloude this do as oft as ye drynke it in the
thy mothers sister for it is y e mothers nexte kynszwoman Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy fathers brother to take his wife for she is thine awnte Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e doughter in lawe for she is y e sonnes wife therfore shalt thou not vncouer hir preuitie Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy brothers wife for it is thy brothers preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy wife and of hir doughter also nether shalt thou take hir sonnes doughter or hir doughters doughter to vncouer their preuyties for they are hir nexte kynszwomen And it is wickednesse Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister also to vncouer hir preuytie whyle she is yet alyue Thou shalt not go vnto a woman to vncouer hir preuytie so longe as she hath hir disease in hir vnclennesse Thou shalt not lye with thy neghbours wife to medle with her for to defyle thy self withall Thou shalt not geue of thy sede also to be burnt vnto Moloch lest thou vnhalowe the name of thy God for I am the LORDE Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde for y t is abhominacion Thou shalt lye with no maner of beest to defyle y e self therwith And no woman shal haue to do w t a beest for it is abhominacion Ye shal defyle youre selues in none of these thinges For y e Heithen whom I wil cast out before you haue stayned them selues in all these and the londe is defyled there thorow And their wickednesse wyl I vyset vpō them so that the londe shal spue out the indwellers therof Therfore kepe ye my statutes and lawes and do not one of these abhominacions nether one of youre awne selues ner the straunger amonge you for all soch abhominacions haue y e people of this lōde done which were before you haue defyled the lande that the lande spue not you out also whan ye haue defyled it as it spewed out the Heythē that were there before you For who so euer commytte these abhominaciōs the same soules shal be roted out from amonge their people Therfore kepe ye my statutes that ye do not after y e abhominable customes which were before you that ye be not defyled therwith For I am the LORDE youre God The XIX Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake to the whole congregacion of the children of Israel and saye vnto them Ye shall be holy for I am holy euen the LORDE youre God Euery one feare his father and his mother Repe my holy dayes for I am the LORDE youre God Ye shal not turne youre selues vnto Idols ye shal make you no goddes of metall for I am the LORDE youre God And whan ye wyll offre health offerynges vnto the LORDE then shal ye offre thē that he maye be mercifull vnto you and ye shal eate them the same daye that ye offre them and on the morow what so euer is left on the thirde daye shal be burnt with fyre But yf eny man eate therof vpon the thirde daye then is he vnholy and shall not be accepted and the same eater shal beare his synne because he hath vnhalowed the Sanctuary of the LORDE and soch a soule shal be roted out from amonge his people Whan thou reapest thy londe thou shalt not reape downe the vttemost borders of it rounde aboute ner gather it all cleane vp Euen so likewyse thou shalt not plucke thy vynyarde cleane also ner gather vp the grapes that are fallen downe but shalt leaue them for y e poore and straungers for I am the LORDE youre God Ye shal not steale nether lye ner deale falsely one with another Ye shal not sweare falsely by my name so to vnhalowe the name of thy God for I am the LORDE Thou shalt do y e neghboure no wronge ner robbe him The workmās laboure shal not byde with the vntyll the mornynge Thou shalt not curse the deaf Thou shalt put no stomblynge blocke before y e blinde but shalt feare thy God for I am the LORDE Ye shall not deale wrongeously in iudgment nether shal ye accepte the personne of the poore ner honoure the parsonne of the greate but thou shalt iudge thy neghboure righteously Thou shalt let no preuy accuser go amōge y e people Nether shalt thou stonde agaynst y e neghbours bloude for I am y e LORDE Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine hert but shalt tell y e neghboure his faute that thou beare not synne for his sake Thou shalt not auenge thy self ner beare euell will agaynst the childrē of thy people Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self for I am the LORDE My statutes shal ye kepe that thou let not y e catell gendre with beestes of another kynde nether sowe thy felde with myngled sede And let no garment come vpon the y t is mixte with wollen and lynnen Whan a man lyeth with a woman and hath to do with her which is a bonde woman and hath bene medled withall of another man but not lowsed out ner hath optayned fredome it shal be punyshed but they shal not suffre death because she was not fre But he shal brynge for his trespace vnto y e LORDE euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse a ramme for a trespace of ferynge ▪ and the prest shal make an attonement for him with the trespace offerynge before the LORDE concernynge the synne that he hath done so shall God be mercifull vnto him as concernynge his synne which he hath done What tyme as ye are come into the londe and plante all maner trees wherof men eate ye shall circumcise the foreskynne of the same with their frutes thre yeares shall ye holde them for vncircumcysed so that ye eate them not but in the fourth yeare shall all their frutes be holy and praysed vnto y e LORDE In the fifth yeare shall ye eate the frutes and gather them in for I am y e LORDE youre God Ye shal eate nothinge w t bloude Ye shall not regarde y e foules cryenge ner chose out dayes Ye shal shaue no crownes vpō youre heade nether shalt thou clyppe thy beerde cleane off Ye shal rente out no markes in youre body for eny that is deed ner make lettres vpō you for I am the LORDE Thou shalt not holde thy doughter to whordome that the londe fall not to whordome and waxe full of wickednesse Kepe my holy dayes and stonde in awe of my Sanctuary for I am the LORDE Ye shal not turne yo r selues to y e Soyth sayers and axe nothinge at the expounders of tokēs that ye be not defyled by them for I am the LORDE youre God Thou shalt ryse vp before a graye heade and shalt geue reuerence vnto the aged For thou shalt feare God for I am y e LORDE Whan there dwelleth a
straunger amonge you in youre londe ye shall not vexe him He shal dwell with you euen as one that is at home amonge you thou shalt loue him as y e self for ye youre selues also were straungers in the lande of Egipte I am the LORDE youre God Ye shal not deale wrōgeously in iudgmēt with meteyarde with weight with measure A true balaunce a true weight a true Epha a true Hin shal be amōge you For I am the LORDE youre God which brought you out of the londe of Egipte that ye shulde kepe do all my statutes and lawes for I am the LORDE The XX. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and saide Tell the children of Israel Who so euer he be amonge the children of Israel or eny straunger that dwelleth in Israel which geueth of his sede vnto Moloch the same shall dye the death the people of the lande shal stone him I wyll set my face agaynst that man and wyll rote him out from amōge his people because he hath geuen of his sede vnto Moloch and defyled my Sanctuary vnhalowed my holy name And though the people of the londe loke thorow the fyngers vpon that man which hath geuen of his sede vnto Moloch so that they put him not to death yet wyl I set my face agaynst the same man agaynst his generacion And him and all that go a whorynge with him after Moloch wyll I rote out from amonge their people Yf eny soule turne him to y e soythsayers and expounders of tokens so that he goeth a whorynge after them I wyl set my face agaynst the same soule and wyl rote him out from amonge his people Sanctifie youre selues therfore be holy for I am holy euen youre God And kepe ye my statutes and do them for I am y e LORDE that sanctifieth you Who so euer curseth his father or his mother shall dye the death his bloude be vpon him because he hath cursed his father or mother He that breaketh wedlocke with eny mās wife shal dye the death both the aduouterer and y e aduouteresse because he hath broken wedlocke with his neghbours wife Yf eny man lye with his fathers wife so y t he vncouer his fathers preuyte they shal both dye the death their bloude be vpō thē Yf eny man lye w t his doughter in lawe they shall dye both of them for they haue wrought abhominacion their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man lye with the mankynde as with womankynde they haue wrought abhominacion shal both dye the death their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man take a wyfe and hir mother therto the same hath wrought wickednes he shal be burnt with fyre and so shal they also that there be no wickednes amōge you Yf eny man lye with a beest he shall dye the death and the beest shal be slayne Yf a woman medle with a beest so y t she haue to do w t it thou shalt put her to death and the beest also they shall dye the death their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man take his sister his fathers doughter or his mothers doughter and se hir preuyte and she agayne se his secretes it is a wicked thinge They shal be roted out in the sight of their people For he hath vncouered his sisters preuyte he shal beare his synne Yf a man lye with a woman in the tyme of hir sicknesse and vncouer hir secretes open vp hir founteyne and she vncouer the fountayne of hir bloude they shall both be roted out from amonge their people Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy mothers sister and of thy fathers sister for soch one hath vncouered his nexte kynswoman and they shal beare their synne Yf eny man lye with his vncles wyfe the same hath vncouered the preuytie of his vncle they shal beare their synne without children shal they dye Yf eny man take his brothers wyfe y t is an vncleane thinge they shal be without children because he hath vncouered his brothers secretes So kepe now all my statutes my lawes do them y t the lōde whither I brynge you to dwell therin spewe you not out And walke not ye in y e statutes of the Heithen which I shal cast out before you For all soch thinges haue they done I haue abhorred thē But I saye vnto you Ye shall possesse their londe For I wyll geue you to enheritaunce a lōde that floweth with mylke and hony I am the LORDE youre God which haue separated you from the nacions that ye also shulde separate the cleane beestes frō the vncleane and the vncleane foules from the cleane not to defyle youre soules vpon beestes vpon foules vpon all that crepeth on the grounde which I haue separated vnto you that they shulde be vncleane Therfore shall ye be holy vnto me for I the LORDE am holy which haue separated you frō the nacions that ye shulde be myne Yf a man or woman be a soythsayer or an expounder of tokens the same shall dye the death they shal be stoned their bloude be vpon them The XXI Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake to y e prestes y e sonnes of Aaron saye vnto thē A prest shal defyle him self vpō no soule of his people but vpon his nexte kynne y t belongeth vnto him as vpon his mother vpō his father vpō his sonne vpō his doughter vpon his brother vpon his sister which is yet a virgin hath bene no mans wife which belongeth vnto him vpon her maie he defyle himself Morouer he shal not defyle him self vpō eny ruler in his people to vnhalowe him self He shall make no crowne also vpon his heade ner shaue of his beerd nether shall they cut out eny markes ī their fleshe They shal be holy vnto their God and not vnhalowe y e name of their God for they offre the sacrifice of the LORDE the bred of their God therfore shal they be holy They shal take no whore ner one that is defyled or y t is put awaye from hir huszbande for he is holy vnto his God therfore shal he sanctifie him self for he offreth the bred of thy God He shal be holy vnto the for I am holy euen the LORDE that sanctifieth you Yf a prestes doughter fall to whoringe she shal be burnt with fyre for she hath shamed hir father He that is hye prest amonge his brethren vpō whose heade the anoyntinge oyle is poured and his hande fylled y t he might be arayed with the vestimentes shal not vncouer his heade ner cut his clothes shal come at no deed shal defyle him self nether vpon father ner mother He shall not go out of the Sanctuary that he vnhalowe not the Sanctuary of his God For y e crowne of the anoyntinge oyle of his God is vpon him for I am the LORDE A virgin shal he
daye they stickte vp Holofernes heade vpon the walles and euery man toke his weapen and so they wente out with an horrible crye Whan the spyes sawe that they ranne vnto Holofernes tent And they that were within the teÌ„t came before his chamber and made a greate russzhinge to wake him vp because they thought with the noyse to haue raised him For there durst not one of the Assirians knocke go in ner to open But whan the captaynes and prynces and all the chefe in the kynge of the Assirians hoost came together they saide vnto the chamberlaynes Go youre waye in and wake him vp for the myse are crepte out of their holes and darre prouoke vs vnto battayll Then wente Vagao in to his chamber stode before the bed and clapped with his handes for he thought he had bene slepynge with Iudith But whaÌ„ he had herkened perfectly with his eares and coude perceaue no sterynge he wente nyer to the bed and lift it vp and then sawe he the deed body of Holofernes lyenge there without a heade weltred in his bloude vpon the earth Then cried he with loude voyce and with wepynge rent his clothes and wente in to Iudiths tent and founde her not And so he leapte out vnto the people and sayde one womaÌ„ of y e Iewes hath brought all Nabuchodonosors people to shame For lo Holofernes lyeth vpoÌ„ the grounde and hath no heade Whan the chefe of the assirians hoost herde that they rente their clothes and there fell an intollerable feare and tremblinge vpoÌ„ them so y t theyr myndes were sore afrayed And there was an exceadynge greate crye in the whole hoost The XV. Chapter NOw whan all the hoost herde that Holofernes was headed their mynde and councell fell from them and soch a feare came vpon them that they vndertoke to defende themselues by flyenge awaye one spake not to another but hanged downe their heades left all behynde them and made haist to escape from the Hebrues for they herde that they were haistinge to come after with their weapens and so they fled by the wayes of the feldes and thorow all the fote pathes of the dales And whan y e children of Israel sawe that they fled they folowed vpon them and wente downe with troÌ„pettes blowinge and makynge a greate crie after theÌ„ As for the Assirians they had no ordre and kepte not theÌ„ selues together but fled their waye Neuerthelesse the children of Israel fell vpon them with one company and ordre and discomfited as many as they might gett And Osias sent messaungers vnto all the cities and couÌ„trees of Israel So all the regions and euery cite sent out their best men after them in harnesse smote them with the swerde tyll they came to y e vttemost parte of their borders And the other that were in Bethulia came into the teÌ„tes of the Assirians and toke all that they which were fled had left behynde them and so they founde greate good And they that came agayne to Bethulia from the battayll toke with them soch thinges as had bene theirs there was no noÌ„bre of the catell and of all costly Iewels so that from the lowest vnto the hyest they were all made riche of the spoyles of them And Ioachim the Hye prest at IerusaleÌ„ came to Bethulia with all the elders that they might se Iudith Now whan she came out vnto them they beganne all to prayse her with one voyce sayenge thou worshipe of the cite of Ierusalem thou ioye of Israel thou hono r of oure people thou hast done manly and thy hert is comforted because thou hast loued clenlynes and chastyte hast knowne no man but thine owne huszbande therfore hath the haÌ„de of the LORDE comforted the and blessed shalt thou be for euer And all people sayde so be it so be it In thirtie dayes coude the people of Israel scarse gather vp the spoyles of the Assirians But all that belonged vnto Holofernes and had bene his specially whether it were of golde of syluer precious stones clothinge and all ornamentes they gaue it vnto Iudith And all the people reioysed both wemen maydens and yonge people with pipes and harpes The XVI Chapter THen sange Iudith this songe vnto the LORDE Begynne vnto the LORDE vpon the tabrettes singe vnto the LORDE vpon the cymbals O synge vnto him a new songe of thankesgeuynge be ioyfull and call vpon his name It is the LORDE that destroyeth warres euen the LORDE is his name Which hath pitched his tentes in the myddest of his people that he might delyuer vs from the hande of all oure enemies Assur came out of the mountaynes in the multitude of his strength His people stopped the water brokes and their horses couered the valleys He purposed to haue breÌ„t vp my londe and to slaye my yonge men with the swerde He wolde haue caryed awaye my children and virgins in to captiuyte but the allmightie LORDE hurte him and delyuered him in to the handes of a woman which brought him to confucion For their mightie was not destroyed of the yonge men It was not the sonnes of Titan that slew him nether haue the greate giauntes sett them selues agaynst him but Iudith the daughter of Merari w t hir fayre bewtye hath discomfited him and brought him to naught For she layed awaie hâ—r widdowes garment and put on the appared of gladnesse in the reioysinge of the children of Israel She anoynted hir face and bounde vp hir hayre in an hooue to begyle him Hir slippers rauyshed his eyes hir bewtye captyuated his mynde with the swerde smote she of his neck The Persians were astonnyed at hir sted fastnesse and the Medes at hir boldnes Then howled the armyes of y e Assirians whan my symple appeared drye of thyrst The sonnes of the daughters haue pearsed them thorow and slayne them as fugityue childreÌ„ they peryshed in the battayll for the very feare of the LORDE my God Let vs synge a songe of thaÌ„kesgeuynge vnto the LORDE a new songe of prayse wyl we synge vnto oure God LORDE LORDE thou art a greate God mightie in power whom no man maye ouercome All thy creatures shulde serue the for thou spakest but the worde they were made thou sente thy sprete they were created and no man maye withstonde thy voyce The mountaynes shal moue from the foundacions with the waters the stony rockes shal melt before the like waxe But they that feare the shal be greate with y e in all thinges Wo vnto the people that ryse vp against my generacion for the allmightie LORDE wyll auenge him self of them in the daye of iudgmeÌ„t wyl he vyset them For he shall geue fyre wormes in to their flesh that they maye burne and fele it for euermore After this it happened that after the victory all the people came to Ierusalem to geue prayse and thankes vnto the LORDE And whaÌ„ they were purified they offred all their brent sacrifices and their
brought to shame amoÌ„ge his neghbours whaÌ„ he heareth it it maketh him to sighe All wickednes is but litle to the wickkednes of a woman y e porcion of the vngodly shal fall vpon her Like as to clymme vp a sondy waye is to y e fete of the aged eueÌ„ so is a wife full of wordes to a still quyete man Loke not to narowly vpon the bewtye of a woman lest thou be prouoked in desyre towarde her The wrath of a woman is dishonoure and greate confucioÌ„ Yf a woman gett the mastrie then is she contrary to hir huszbande A wicked wife maketh a sory hert an heuy countenaunce and a deed wounde Of the woman came y e begynnynge of synne and thorow her we all are deed Geue thy water no passage no not a litle nether geue a wicked woman hir will Yf she walke not after thy hande she shall confounde the in the sight of thy enemies Cut her of then from thy flesh that she do not allwaye abuse the. The XXVI Chapter HAppie is the man that hath a vertuous wyfe for the noÌ„bre of his yeares shal be dubble An honest woman maketh hir huszbande a ioyfull man she shall fyll y e yeares of his life in peace A vertuous woman is a noble gift which shal be geuen for a good porcion vnto soch as feare God Whether a man be rich or poore he maye haue euer a mery hert a chearful countenauÌ„ce There be thre thinges y t my hert feareth and my face is afrayed of the fourth Treason in a cite a sedicious people and noysome tonges all these are heuyer then the death But whan one is gelous ouer his wife it bryngeth payne and sorowe vnto the hert and a woman that telleth out all thinges is a scourge of the tonge Whan one hath an euell wife it is euen as whan an vnlike parâ— of oxen must drawe together he that getteth her getteth a scorpion A dronken woman is a greate plage for she can not couer hir owne shame The whordome of a woman maye be knowne in the pryde of hir eyes and eyelydlyddes Yf thy daughter be not shamefast holde her straitly lest she abuse hirself thorow ouermoch liberte Bewarre of all the dishonesty of hir eyes and maruell not yf she do agaynst the. Lik as one that goeth by the waye and is thyrstie so shall she open hir mouth and drynke of euery nexte water that she maye gett By euery hedge shal she syt her downe opeÌ„ hir quyuer against euery arowe A louynge wyfe reioyseth hir huszbande and fedeth his bones with hir wyszdome A woman of few wordes is a gift of God and to a well nurtured mynde maye nothinge be compared An honest and manerly woman is a gyft aboue other giftes and there is no waight to be compared vnto a mynde that can rule it self Like as the Sonne whan it aryseth is an ornament in the hye heauen of y e LORDE so is a vertuous wife y e bewtye of all hir house Like as the cleare light is vpon y e holy caÌ„delstick so is the bewtye of the face vpoÌ„ an honest body Like as the goldeÌ„ pilers are vpon the sockettes of syluer so are the fayre legges vpon a woman that hath a coÌ„stant mynde Perpetuall are the fouÌ„dacions that be laied vpon a whole stonye rocke so are y e commaundementes of God vpon an holy woman There be two thinges y t greue my hert and in the thirde is a displeasure come vpon me When an experte man of warre suffreth scarsenes and pouerte Whan men of vnderstondinge and wyszdome are not set by And whan one departeth from righteousnes vnto synne Who so doth soch the LORDE hath prepared him vnto the swerde There be two maner of thinges which me thyncke to be herde and perylous A marchaunt can not lightly kepe him from wronge nether a tauerner himself from synne The XXVII Chapter BEcause of pouerte haue many one offended and he that seketh to be riche turneth his eyes asyde Like as a nale in the wall sticketh fast betwixte two stones euen so doth synne sticke betwixte y e byer and the seller Yf he holde him not diligently in y e feare of the LORDE his house shall soone be ouerthrowne Like as whan one sifteth the fylthynes remayneth in the syue So remayneth there some vncleane thinge in the thought of man The ouen proueth the potters vessell so doth tentacion of trouble trye righteous men The tre of the felde is knowne by his frute so is the thought of maÌ„s hert knowne by his wordes Prayse no maÌ„ excepte thou haue harde him for a man is knowne by his wordes Yf thou folowest righteousnes thou shalt get her and put her vpon y t as a fayre garment And thou shalt dwell with her and she shal defende the for euer and in y e daye of knowlege thou shalt fynde stedfastnesse The byrdes resorte vnto their like so doth the trueth turne vnto them that be occupied withall The lyon wayteth for y e praye so do the synnes lurke vpon the workes of wickednes The talkinge of him that feareth God is nothinge but wyszdome as for a foole he chaungeth as y e Moone Yf thou be amonge the vndiscrete kepe thy worde to a conuenient tyme but amonge soch as be wyse speake on hardely The talkinge of fooles is abhominacioÌ„ and their spoâ—te is volupteousnesse and mysnurtoure Moch swearynge maketh the hayre to stonde vp and to stryue with soch stoppeth the eares The stryfe of the proude is bloudsheddynge their blasphemynge is heuy to heare Who so discouereth secretes leseth his credence and fyndeth no frende after his will Loue thy frende and bynde thyself in faithfulnes with him but yf thou bewrayest his secretes thou shalt not get him agayne For like as the maÌ„ is that destroyeth his enemye so is he also that dealeth falsly in the frendshipe of his neghboure Like as one that letteth a byrde go out of his honde can not take her agayne Euen so thou yf thou geue ouer thy frende thou canst not get him agayne Yee thou caÌ„st not come by him for he is to farre of He is vnto the as a Roo escaped out of the snare for his soule is wounded As for woundes they maye be bounde vp agayne and an euell worde maye be reconcyled but who so bewrayeth the secretes of a frende there is no more hope to be had vnto him He that wyncketh with the eyes ymagineth some euell and no man shal take him from it Whan thou art present he shal hylie commende and prayse thy wordes but at the last he shall turne his tayle and slauÌ„der thy sayenge Many thinges haue I hated but nothinge so euell for the LORDE himself also abhorreth soch one Who so casteth a stone an hye it shal fall vpon his owne heade and he that smyteth with gyle woundeth himself Who so diggeth a pytt shal fall therin and he that layeth