God hath ordained corporal, 9. and spiritual medicines. 16. Use moderate, not excessive sorrow for the dead. 26. Tradesmen and artificers are necessary, much more spiritual pastors.God hath ordained corporal, 9. and spiritual medicines. 16. Vse moderate, not excessiue sorow for the dead. 26. Tradesmen and artificers are necessarie, much more spiritual pastors.✦
Honour the physician for necessity: for the Highest hath created him.HONOVR the phisition for necessitie: for the Highest hath created him.✦Honora medicum propter necessitatem : etenim illum creavit Altissimus.
2For all medicine is of God, and it shall receive gift of the king.For al medicine is of God, & it shal receiue gift of the king.✦A Deo est enim omnis medela, et a rege accipiet donationem.
3The knowledge of the physician shall exalt his head, and in the sight of great men he shall be praised.The knowlege of the phisition shal exalt his head, and in the sight of great men he shal be praised.✦Disciplina medici exaltabit caput illius, et in conspectu magnatorum collaudabitur.
4The Highest hath created medicines of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.The Highest hath created medicines of the earth, and a wise man wil not abhorre them.✦Altissimus creavit de terra medicamenta, et vir prudens non abhorrebit illa.
5Was not bitter water made sweet by wood?Was not bitter water made sweete by wood?✦Nonne a ligno indulcata est aqua amara ?
6The virtue of these things is come to the knowledge of men, and the Highest hath given knowledge to men, for to be honoured in his marvellous things.The vertue of these thinges is come to the knowlege of men, and the Highest hath geuen knowlege to men, for to be honoured in his meruelous thinges.✦Ad agnitionem hominum virtus illorum : et dedit hominibus scientiam Altissimus, honorari in mirabilibus suis.
7Curing with these things he shall mitigate pain, and the apothecary shall make confections of sweetness, and shall make ointments of health, and his works shall not be consummabuntur: perfected; brought to a full end.Curing with these thinges he shal mitigate paine, and the apothecarie shal make confections of swetenes, and shal make ointments of health, and his workes shal not be consummated.In his curans mitigabit dolorem : et unguentarius faciet pigmenta suavitatis, et unctiones conficiet sanitatis : et non consummabuntur opera ejus.
8For the peace of God is upon the face of the earth.For the peace of God is vpon the face of the earth.Pax enim Dei super faciem terræ.
9Son, in thine infirmity contemn not thyself, but pray our Lord, and he will cure thee.Sonne in thine infirmitie contemne not thy self, but pray our Lord, and he wil cure thee.✦Fili, in tua infirmitate ne despicias teipsum : sed ora Dominum, et ipse curabit te.
10Turn away from sin, and direct thy hands, and from all offence cleanse thy heart.Turne away from sinne, and direct thy handes, and from al offence cleanse thy hart.✦Averte a delicto, et dirige manus, et ab omni delicto munda cor tuum.
11Give sweetness and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat oblation, and give place to the physician.Geue swetenes and a memorial of fine floure, and make a fat oblation, and geue place to the phisition.✦Da suavitatem et memoriam similaginis, et impingua oblationem, et da locum medico :
12For our Lord created him: and let him not depart from thee, because his works be necessary.For our Lord created him: and let him not depart from thee, because his workes be necessarie.✦etenim illum Dominus creavit, et non discedat a te, quia opera ejus sunt necessaria.
13For there is a time when thou mayest fall into their hands:For there is a time when thou maist fal into their handes:Est enim tempus quando in manus illorum incurras :
14and they shall beseech our Lord, that he direct their rest, and healing; for their conversationem: manner of life, conduct.and they shal beseech our Lord, that he direct their rest, and healing; for their conuersation.ipsi vero Dominum deprecabuntur, ut dirigat requiem eorum, et sanitatem, propter conversationem illorum.
15He that sinneth in his sight, that made him, shall fall into the hands of the physician.He that sinneth in his sight, that made him, shal fal into the handes of the phisition.✦Qui delinquit in conspectu ejus qui fecit eum, incidet in manus medici.
16Son, upon the dead shed tears, and begin to weep as having suffered doleful things, and according to judgement cover his body, and neglect not his burial.Sonne vpon the dead shed teares, and beginne to weepe as hauing suffered doleful thinges, and according to iudgement couer his bodie, and neglect not his burial.✦Fili, in mortuum produc lacrimas, et quasi dira passus incipe plorare : et secundum judicium contege corpus illius, et non despicias sepulturam illius.
17But for delaturam: slander; backbiting bear bitterly the mourning of him one day, and be comforted for the tristitiam: grief, sorrow,But for detraction beare bitterly the mourning of him one day, and be comforted for the heauines,Propter delaturam autem amare fer luctum illius uno die, et consolare propter tristitiam :
18and make mourning according to his desert one day, or two, because of detraction.and make mourning according to his desert one day, or two, because of detraction.et fac luctum secundum meritum ejus uno die, vel duobus, propter detractionem :
19For by heaviness death hasteneth, and it covereth the strength, and sorrow of the heart boweth the neck.For by heauines death hasteneth, and it couereth the strength, and sorow of the hart boweth the necke.✦a tristitia enim festinat mors, et cooperit virtutem, et tristitia cordis flectit cervicem.
20In abductione: the carrying away of the dead, a bearing off sorrow is permanent: and the substance of the poor is according to his heart.In abstraction sorow is permanent: and the substance of the poore is according to his hart.✦In abductione permanet tristitia, et substantia inopis secundum cor ejus.
21Give not thine heart into heaviness, but expel it from thee: and remember the latter ends,Geue not thine hart into heauines, but expel it from thee: and remember the latter endes,Ne dederis in tristitia cor tuum, sed repelle eam a te, et memento novissimorum.
22and forget not: for neither is there return, and him thou shalt profit nothing, and thou shalt hurt thyself.and forget not: for neither is there returne, and him thou shalt profit nothing, and thou shalt hurt thy self.Noli oblivisci, neque enim est conversio : et huic nihil proderis, et teipsum pessimabis.
23Be mindful of my judgement: for thine also must be so: to me yesterday, and to thee to day.Be mindful of my iudgement: for thine also must be so: to me yesterday, and to thee to day.✦Memor esto judicii mei : sic enim erit et tuum : mihi heri, et tibi hodie.
24In the repose of the dead make the memory of him to rest, and comfort him in the departing of his spirit.In the repose of the dead make the memorie of him to rest, and comfort him in the departing of his spirit.✦In requie mortui requiescere fac memoriam ejus, et consolare illum in exitu spiritus sui.
25The wisdom of a scribe in the time of vacuitatis: leisure; freedom from other business: and he that is less in action, shall receive wisdom.The wisdom of a scribe in the time of vacance: and he that is lesse in action, shal receiue wisdom.✦Sapientia scribæ in tempore vacuitatis, et qui minoratur actu sapientiam percipiet, qua sapientia replebitur.
26With what wisdom shall he be replebitur: filled full, that holdeth the plough, and glorieth in the goad, driveth oxen with the stimulo: an ox-goad, the pointed driving-staff, and converseth in their works, and his talk is in the breed of bulls?With what wisdom shal he be replenished, that holdeth the plough, and glorieth in the goade, driueth oxen with the prickle, and conuerseth in their workes, and his talke is in the breede of bulles?✦Qui tenet aratrum, et qui gloriatur in jaculo, stimulo boves agitat, et conversatur in operibus eorum, et enarratio ejus in filiis taurorum.
27He will give his heart to turn up furrows, and his watching in the feeding of kine.He wil geue his hart to turne vp furrowes, and his watching in the feeding of kine.✦Cor suum dabit ad versandos sulcos, et vigilia ejus in sagina vaccarum.
28So every craftsman and workmaster that passeth the night as the day, that maketh graven seals, and his continual diligence varieth the picture: he will give his heart to the similitude of the picture, and his watching will perfect the work.So euerie craftsman and workemaster that passeth the night as the day, that maketh grauen seales, and his continual diligence varieth the picture: he wil geue his hart to the similitude of the picture, and his watching wil perfect the worke.✦Sic omnis faber et architectus, qui noctem tamquam diem transigit : qui sculpit signacula sculptilia, et assiduitas ejus variat picturam : cor suum dabit in similitudinem picturæ, et vigilia sua perficiet opus.
29So the ironsmith sitting by the anvil and considering the work of iron. The vapour of the fire will parch his flesh, and he striveth in the heat of the furnace:So the yronsmith sitting by the anuil and considering the worke of yron. The vapour of the fire wil parche his flesh, and he striueth in the heate of the fournace:Sic faber ferrarius sedens juxta incudem, et considerans opus ferri : vapor ignis uret carnes ejus, et in calore fornacis concertatur.
30The noise of the hammer reneweth his ear, and his eye is against the similitude of the vessel.The noyse of the hammer reneweth his eare, and his eye is against the similitude of the vessel.Vox mallei innovat aurem ejus, et contra similitudinem vasis oculus ejus.
31He will give his heart to the finishing of the works, and his watching will polish to perfection.He wil geue his hart to the finishing of the workes, and his watching wil polish to perfection.Cor suum dabit in consummationem operum, et vigilia sua ornabit in perfectionem.
32So the potter sitting at his work, turning the wheel with his feet, who is always set in sollicitudine: anxious care, solicitude for his work, and all his working is in number:So the potter sitting at his worke, turning the wheele with his feete, who is alwayes set in carefulnes for his worke, and al his working is in number:✦Sic figulus sedens ad opus suum, convertens pedibus suis rotam, qui in sollicitudine positus est semper propter opus suum, et in numero est omnis operatio ejus.
33With his arm he will fashion the clay, and before his feet he will bend his strength:With his arme he wil fashion the clay, and before his feete he wil bend his strength:In brachio suo formabit lutum, et ante pedes suos curvabit virtutem suam.
34He will give his heart to finish the varnishing thereof, and his watching will make clean the furnace.He wil geue his hart to finish the vernishing thereof, and his watching wil make cleane the fournace.Cor suum dabit ut consummet linitionem, et vigilia sua mundabit fornacem.
35All these have hoped in their hands, and every one is wise in his own art.Al these haue hoped in their handes, and euerie one is wise in his owne art.Omnes hi in manibus suis speraverunt, et unusquisque in arte sua sapiens est.
36Without these a city is not built.Without these a citie is not built.Sine his omnibus non ædificatur civitas,
37And they shall not inhabit, nor walk therein, and they shall not leap high into the congregation.And they shal not inhabite, nor walke therein, and they shal not leape high into the congregation.✦et non inhabitabunt, nec inambulabunt, et in ecclesiam non transilient.
38Upon the judges' seat they shall not sit, and the ordinance of judgement they shall not understand, neither shall they declare discipline and judgement, and in parables they shall not be found:Vpon the iudges seate they shal not sitte, and the ordinance of iudgement they shal not vnderstand, neither shal they declare discipline and iudgement, and in parables they shal not be found:✦Super sellam judicis non sedebunt, et testamentum judicii non intelligent, neque palam facient disciplinam et judicium, et in parabolis non invenientur :
39but they shall confirm the creature of the world, and their prayer shall be in the work of their art, applying their soul, and searching in the law of the Highest.but they shal confirme the creature of the world, and their prayer shal be in the worke of their art, applying their soule, & searching in the law of the Highest.✦sed creaturam ævi confirmabunt : et deprecatio illorum in operatione artis, accomodantes animam suam, et conquirentes in lege Altissimi.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.