Proverbs 23:1-11 ▼

1 When thou syttest at the table to eate wt a lorde, ordre thy self manerly wt ye thinges

2 that are set before ye Measure thine appetite:

3 and yf thou wilt rule thine owne self, be not ouer gredy of his meate, for meate begyleth and disceaueth.

4 Take not ouer greate trauayle and labor to be riche, bewarre of soch a purpose.

5 Why wilt thou set thine eye vpon ye thinge, which sodenly vanisheth awaye? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight like an Aegle in to ye ayre.

6 Eate not thou wt ye envyous, and desyre no his meate,

7 for he hath a maruelous herte. He sayeth vnto ye: eate and drynke, where as his herte is not wt ye.

8 Yee ye morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou perbreake, and lese those swete wordes.

9 Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wysdome of thy wordes.

10 Remoue not ye olde lande marke, and come not within ye felde of the fatherlesse:

11 For he yt deliuereth them is mightie, euen he shal defende their cause agaynst the.