By seeking virtue, and labouring for necessaries, the flesh is subdued to the spirit. 8. Moderate riches are best, 12. with temperance in diet, 30. especially in drinking.By seeking vertue, and laboring for necessaries, the flesh is subdued to the spirite. 8. Moderate riches are best, 12. with temperance in diette, 30. especially in drinking.✦
Watching after honestatis: honourableness, decency, virtuous conduct, not truthfulness shall tabefaciet: waste away, wear down, cause to consume the flesh, and the thought thereof taketh away sleep.WATCHING after honestie shal pine the flesh, & the thought thereof taketh away sleepe.✦Vigilia honestatis tabefaciet carnes, et cogitatus illius auferet somnum.
2The thought of foreknowledge turneth away the understanding, and grievous infirmity maketh a sober soul.The thought of foreknowlege turneth away the vnderstanding, & greuous infirmitie maketh a sober soule.✦Cogitatus præscientiæ avertit sensum, et infirmitas gravis sobriam facit animam.
3The rich man hath laboured in gathering of substance together, and in his rest he shall be replenished with his goods.The riche man hath laboured in gathering of substance together, & in his rest he shal be replenished with his goodes.✦Laboravit dives in congregatione substantiæ, et in requie sua replebitur bonis suis.
4The poor man hath laboured in the diminishing of his living, and in the end he is made poor.The poore man hath laboured in the diminishing of his liuing, and in the end he is made poore.Laboravit pauper in diminutione victus, et in fine inops fit.
5He that loveth gold shall not be justified: and he that followeth after consumptionem: consuming waste, ruin, decay, not moral depravity, shall be replenished of it.He that loueth gold shal not be iustified: & he that foloweth after corruption, shal be replenished of it.✦Qui aurum diligit non justificabitur, et qui insequitur consumptionem replebitur ex ea.
6Many have been given into falls for gold, and their perdition hath come by the beauty thereof.Manie haue bene geuen into falles for gold, and their perdition hath come by the beautie thereof.✦Multi dati sunt in auri casus, et facta est in specie ipsius perditio illorum.
7The gold of them that sacrifice is a lignum offensionis: a piece of timber, here a stumbling-block of offence: woe to them, that follow after it, and every unwise man shall perish in it.The gold of them that sacrifice is a wood of offence: wo to them, that folow after it, and euerie vnwise man shal perish in it.✦Lignum offensionis est aurum sacrificantium : væ illis qui sectantur illud ! et omnis imprudens deperiet in illo.
8Blessed is the rich man that is found without spot: and that hath not gone after gold, nor hoped in money and treasures.Blessed is the rich man that is found without spot: and that hath not gone after gold, nor hoped in money and treasures.✦Beatus dives qui inventus est sine macula, et qui post aurum non abiit, nec speravit in pecunia et thesauris.
9Who is this, and we will praise him, for he hath done marvellous things in his life.Who is this, & we wil praise him, for he hath done meruelous thinges in his life.✦Quis est hic ? et laudabimus eum : fecit enim mirabilia in vita sua.
10Who is proved therein, and perfect, shall have eternal glory. He that could transgress, and hath not transgressed: and do evils, and hath not done:Who is proued therin, & perfect, shal haue eternal glorie. He that could transgresse, and hath not transgressed: and doe euils, and hath not done:✦Qui probatus est in illo, et perfectus est, erit illi gloria æterna : qui potuit transgredi, et non est transgressus ; facere mala, et non fecit.
11therefore are his good things established in our Lord, and all the church of saints shall declare his alms.therfore are his good thinges stablished in our Lord, & al the church of saintes shal declare his almes.✦Ideo stabilita sunt bona illius in Domino, et eleemosynas illius enarrabit omnis ecclesia sanctorum.
12Art thou set at a great table? open not thy jaw thereupon first.Art thou set at a great table? open not thy iawe thereupon first.✦Supra mensam magnam sedisti ? non aperias super illam faucem tuam prior.
13Say not this: There be many things which are upon it.Say not this: There be manie thinges which are vpon it.Non dicas sic : Multa sunt, quæ super illam sunt.
14Remember that a nequam: worthless, evil, bad, good-for-nothing, not mischievous eye is evil.Remember that a naughtie eie is euil.Memento quoniam malus est oculus nequam.
15What is created worse than the eye? therefore shall it weep at every face. When it shall see,What is created worse then the eie? therefore shal it weepe at euerie face. When it shal see,✦Nequius oculo quid creatum est ? ideo ab omni facie sua lacrimabitur, cum viderit.
16stretch not out thy hand first, and so contaminated with envy thou be ashamed.stretch not out thy hand first, and so contaminated with enuie thou be ashamed.✦Ne extendas manum tuam prior, et invidia contaminatus erubescas.
17Be not oppressed in a feast.Be not oppressed in a feast.✦Ne comprimaris in convivio.
18Understand by thyself what thy neighbour's things are.Vnderstand by thyself what thy neighbours thinges are.✦Intellige quæ sunt proximi tui ex teipso.
19Use as a frugal man those things, that are set before thee: lest thou be hated when thou eatest much.Vse as a frugal man those thinges, that are set before thee: lest thou be hated when thou eatest much.✦Utere quasi homo frugi his quæ tibi apponuntur : ne, cum manducas multum, odio habearis.
20Leave off first, for manners' sake, and exceed not, lest thou perhaps offend.Leaue of first, for maners sake, and exceede not, lest thou perhaps offend.✦Cessa prior causa disciplinæ : et noli nimius esse, ne forte offendas.
21And if thou be set in the midst of many, stretch not forth thy hand before them: neither do thou first ask to drink.And if thou be set in the middes of manie, stretch not forth thy hand before them: neither doe thou first aske to drinke.✦Et si in medio multorum sedisti, prior illis ne extendas manum tuam, nec prior poscas bibere.
22How sufficient is a little wine for a man well taught, and in sleeping thou shalt not be pained with it, and thou shalt feel no grief.How sufficient is a little wine for a man wel taught, and in sleeping thou shalt not be pained with it, and thou shalt feele no griefe.✦Quam sufficiens est homini erudito vinum exiguum ! et in dormiendo non laborabis ab illo, et non senties dolorem.
23Watching, and cholera: bile, anger, wrath, the choleric humour, and torment to an insatiable man:Watching, & choler, & torment to an vnsatiable man:✦Vigilia, cholera et tortura viro infrunito,
24sleep of health is in a man of spare diet: he shall sleep until morning, and his soul with him shall be delighted.sleepe of health is in a man of spare diet: he shal sleepe until morning, and his soule with him shal be delighted.✦somnus sanitatis in homine parco : dormiet usque mane, et anima illius cum ipso delectabitur.
25And if thou hast been forced with eating much, rise from the midst, and vomit, and it shall refresh thee, and thou shalt not bring infirmity to thy body.And if thou hast bene forced with eating much, rise from the middes, and vomite, and it shal refresh thee, and thou shalt not bring infirmitie to thy bodie.✦Et si coactus fueris in edendo multum, surge e medio, evome, et refrigerabit te, et non adduces corpori tuo infirmitatem.
26Hear me my son, and despise me not: and in the end thou shalt find my words.Heare me my sonne, and despise me not: and in the end thou shalt finde my wordes.✦Audi me, fili, et ne spernas me, et in novissimo invenies verba mea.
27In all thy works be quick, and all infirmity shall not chance unto thee.In al thy workes be quicke, and al infirmitie shal not chance vnto thee.✦In omnibus operibus tuis esto velox, et omnis infirmitas non occurret tibi.
28The lips of many shall bless him that is splendidum: liberal, munificent, splendid in breads, and the testimony of his truth is faithful.The lippes of manie shal blesse him that is magnifical in breads, and the testimonie of his truth is faithful.✦Splendidum in panibus benedicent labia multorum, et testimonium veritatis illius fidele.
29In naughty bread the city will murmur, and the testimony of the naughtiness thereof is true.In naughtie bread the cittie wil murmur, and the testimonie of the naughtines thereof is true.Nequissimo in pane murmurabit civitas, et testimonium nequitiæ illius verum est.
30Provoke not them that love wine: for wine hath destroyed very many.Prouoke not them that loue wine: for wine hath destroyed very manie.✦Diligentes in vino noli provocare : multos enim exterminavit vinum.
31Fire trieth hard iron: so wine drunken in drunkenness shall rebuke the hearts of the proud.Fire tryeth hard yron: so wine dronken in drunkennes shal rebuke the hartes of the proud.✦Ignis probat ferrum durum : sic vinum corda superborum arguet in ebrietate potatum.
32Equal life to all men, wine in sobriety: if thou drink it moderately, thou shalt be sober.Equal life to al men, wine in sobrietie: if thou drinke it moderatly, thou shalt be sober.✦Æqua vita hominibus vinum in sobrietate : si bibas illud moderate, eris sobrius.
33What is the life that is diminished with wine?What is the life that is diminished with wine?Quæ vita est ei qui minuitur vino ?
34What defraudeth life? death.What defraudeth life? death.Quid defraudat vitam ? mors.
35Wine was created for joyfulness, and not for drunkenness from the beginning.Wine was created for ioyfulnes, and not for drunkénes from the beginning.✦Vinum in jucunditatem creatum est, et non in ebrietatem ab initio.
36Wine drunken moderately is the joy of the soul, and the heart.Wine drunken moderately is the ioy of the soule, and the hart.Exsultatio animæ et cordis vinum moderate potatum.
37Sober drinking is health to soul and body.Sober drinking is health to soule and bodie.Sanitas est animæ et corpori sobrius potus.
38Much wine drunken maketh provocation, and wrath, and many ruins.Much wine drunken maketh prouocation, & wrath, & manie ruines.Vinum multum potatum irritationem, et iram, et ruinas multas facit.
39Much wine drunken is bitterness of the soul.Much wine drunken is bitternes of the soule.Amaritudo animæ vinum multum potatum.
40The courageousness of drunkenness, is offence of the unwise, lessening the strength, and making wounds.The couragiousnes of drunkennes, is offence of the vnwise, lessening the strength, and making woundes.✦Ebrietatis animositas, imprudentis offensio, minorans virtutem, et faciens vulnera.
41In a banquet of wine rebuke not thy neighbour: and despise him not in his mirth.In a banquet of wine rebuke not thy neighbour: and despise him not in his mirth.✦In convivio vini non arguas proximum, et non despicias eum in jucunditate illius.
42Speak not to him words of reproach: and press him not in demanding again.Speake nor to him wordes of repoch: and presse him not in demanding againe.✦Verba improperii non dicas illi, et non premas illum repetendo.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.