1Each friend shall say, And I have coupled friendship; but that is a friend or but there is a friend, a friend by name alone.
2Whether sorrow is not till to death? Forsooth a fellow of table and a friend shall be turned to enmity.
3A! the worst presumption or O! most shrewd presumption, whereof art thou made to cover dry malice, and the guilefulness thereof? or the treachery of it?
4A fellow of table shall be merry with a friend in delightings, and in the day of tribulation he shall be adversary.
5A fellow of table shall have sorrow with a friend, for cause or because of the womb; and he shall take shield against an enemy.
6Forget thou not thy friend in thy soul, and be thou not unmindful of him in thy works. Do not thou take counsel with the father of thy wife; and hide thou counsel from them that have envy to thee.
7Each counsellor showeth counsel, but there is a counsellor to or in himself.
8Keep thy soul from an evil counsellor; first know thou, what is his need, and what he shall think in his soul; lest peradventure he send a stake or he put a pole or a pale into the earth,
9and say to thee, Thy way is good, and he stand again-ward, to see what shall befall to thee.
10With an unreligious man, treat thou not of holiness, and with an unjust man, not of rightfulness, With an unreligious man treat of holiness, and with the unrightwise man of rightwiseness,
11and with a woman, not of these things which she hateth or envieth. With a fearedful man, treat thou not of battle, with a merchant, not of carrying over of merchandises to chapping or exchanging; with a buyer, not of selling, with an envious man, not of graces to be done; with an unpiteous man, not of pity, with an unhonest man, not of honesty, with a workman of the field or the field worker, not of each work; with a workman hired by the year, not of the ending of the year or the annual worker, with a slow servant, not of much working. Give thou not atten-tion to these men in all counsel or Take thou not heed to these in all counsel,
12but be thou busy with an holy man, whomever thou knowest keeping God’s dread, whose soul is after thy soul. Whoever doubteth in darknesses, shall not have sorrow with thee.
13And stablish thou the heart of good counsel with thee; for why an-other thing is not more than it to thee.
14The soul of an holy man telleth out truths sometime; more than seven beholders or seven lookers about, sitting on high for to behold.
15And in all these things beseech thou the Highest, that he dress or right rule thy way in truth.
16Before all works a soothfast word go before thee; and a steadfast or stable counsel go before each deed.
17A wicked or shrewd word shall change the heart,
18of which heart four parts come forth or spring; good and evil, life and death; and a busy tongue is lord of those.
19A wise man hath taught many men, and he is not sweet to his soul.
20He that speaketh sophistically, either by sophism, is hateful; he shall be defrauded in each thing.
21For why grace is not given of the Lord to him, for he is defrauded of all wisdom.
22A wise man is wise to his soul, and the fruits of his wit be worthy to be praised.
23A wise man teacheth his people, and the fruits of his wit be faithful.
24A wise man shall be filled with blessings, and they that see him shall praise him.
25The life of a man is in the number of days; but the days of Israel be unnumberable.
26A wise man in the people shall inherit honour, and his name shall be living without end.
27Son, assay thy soul in thy life; and if it is wicked, give thou not power to it;
28for why not all things speed to all men, and not each kind pleaseth each soul.
29Do not thou be greedy in each eating, and shed thou not out thee or pour thee not out on each meat.
30For in many meats shall be sick-ness, and greediness shall nigh unto choler.
31Many men died for gluttony; but he that is abstinent, shall increase or add life.
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