📖 Proverbs 6
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My sone, yf thou be suertie for yi neghboure, thou hast fastened thine hode wt another ma:
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yee thou art boude with thine owne wordes, and taken wt thine owne speach.
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Therfore (my sonne) do this, discharge thy self, for thou art come i to yi neghbours daunger. Go thy waye then soone, & intreate thy neghboure:
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let not thyne eyes slepe, ner thine eye lyddes slomber.
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Saue thy self as a doo fro ye honde, & as a byrde fro the hode of the fouler.
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Go to the Emmet (thou slogarde) cosidre hir wayes, & lerne to be wyse.
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She hath no gyde, no teacher, no leder:
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yet in the sommer she prouideth hir meate, & gathereth hir foode together i ye haruest.
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How loge wilt thou slepe, thou slogish ma? Wha wilt thou aryse out of thy slepe?
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Yee slepe on still a litle, slober a litle, folde thine handes together yet a litle, that thou mayest slepe:
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so shal pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by the waye, & necessite like a wapened man.
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A dissemblynge person, a wicked man goeth with a frowarde mouth:
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he wyncketh with his eyes, he tokeneth wt his fete, he poynteth wt his fyngers,
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he is euer ymageninge myschefe & frowardnesse in his hert, & causeth discorde.
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Therfore shal his destruccion come hastely vpo him, sodenly shal he be all tobroken, and not be healed.
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There be sixe thinges, which the LORDE hateth, & the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth:
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A proude loke, a dyssemblynge tonge, hades that shed innocent bloude,
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an herte yt goeth aboute wt wicked ymaginacios, fete that be swift in rennynge to do myschefe,
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a false wytnesse yt bringeth vp lyes, & soch one as soweth discorde amonge brethren.
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My sonne, kepe thy fathers comaundemetes, & forsake not ye lawe of thy mother.
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Put the vp together in thine herte, and bynde the aboute thy necke.
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That they maye lede the where thou goest, preserue the when thou art aslepe, & yt when thou awakest, thou mayest talke of the
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(For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yee chastenynge & nurtoure is ye waye of life)
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that they maye kepe the fro the euell woman, & from the flaterynge tonge of the harlott:
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yt thou lust not after her beuty in thine herte, & lest thou be take wt hir fayre lokes.
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An harlot wil make a ma to begg his bred, but a maried woman wil hunt for ye precious life.
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Maye a man take fyre in his bosome, and his clothes not be brent?
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Or can one go vpon hote coales, and his fete not be hurte?
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Euen so, who so euer goeth in to his neghbours wife, and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie.
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Men do not vtterly despyse a thefe, that stealeth to satisfie his soule, when he is hongerie:
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but yf he maye be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes asmoch, or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house.
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But who so comitteth aduoutrie with a woma, he is a foole, and bryngeth his life to destruccion.
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He getteth him self also shame & dishonor, soch as shal neuer be put out.
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For the gelousy & wrath of the ma will not be itreated,
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no though thou woldest ofre him greate giftes to make amendes, he will not receaue them.