The marginal virtue-summaries, in order: Trust not to future uncertainties. Praise not thyself. Beware of a fool's wrath: for it hath no mercy. Love friendly severity not enemies' flattery. Temperance in meat. Just care of thy family. Esteem friendly counsel. Old friends are better, and surer than a kinsman. Be wise even for thy father's sake. Foresee and prevent dangers. Trust not enemies. Suspect extraordinary courtesy. Tolerate incorrigible brawlers with patience; lest they become worse, by thy striving to amend them. Conserve that is good. Conscience is best witness. Contentment with our state. Humility desireth not praise. Right of heart. Strive not to teach a fool. Discharge thy duty: Whiles thou art in this life. Be content with things necessary, and they shall be given to thee.[No italic chapter argument is printed — per the Chap. X second-part preamble these Parables chapters set a brief virtue-summary in the margin of each sentence in place of a running argument. The marginal summaries, in order, are:] Trust not to future vncertainties. Praise not thyself. Beware of a fooles wrath: for it hath no mercie. Loue freindlie seueritie not enemies flaterie. Temperance in meate. Iust care of thy familie. Esteme freindlie counsel. Old freindes are better, & surer then a kinsman. Be wise euen for thy fathers sake. Foresee and preuent dangers. Trust not enimies. Suspect extraordinarie curtesie. Tolerate incorrigible brawlers with patience; lest they become worse, by thy striuing to amend them. Conserue that is good. Conscience is best witnes. Contentment with our state. Humilitie desireth not praise. Right of hart. Striue not to teach a foole. Discharge thy dutie: VVhiles thou art in this life. Be content with thinges necessarie, and they shal be geuen to thee. Mat. 6. 7. 11.✦
Boast not for to morrow, being ignorant what the day to come may bring forth.BOast not for to morow, being ignorant what the day to come may bringforth.✦Ne glorieris in crastinum, ignorans quid superventura pariat dies.
2Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth: a stranger and not thine own lips.Let an other prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth : a stranger and not thine owne lippes.✦Laudet te alienus, et non os tuum ; extraneus, et non labia tua.
3A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than both.A stone is heauie, and sand weightie: but the anger of a foole is heauier then both.✦Grave est saxum, et onerosa arena, sed ira stulti utroque gravior.
4Anger hath no mercy, nor fury breaking forth: and the violence of a moved spirit who can sustain?Anger hath no mercie, nor furie breaking forth : and the violence of a moued spirit who can susteyne?✦Ira non habet misericordiam nec erumpens furor, et impetum concitati ferre quis poterit ?
5Better is manifest correptio: open rebuke/reproof, than love hidden.Better is manifest correption, then loue hidden.✦Melior est manifesta correptio quam amor absconditus.
6Better are the wounds of him that loveth, than the fraudulent kisses of him that hateth.Better are the woundes of him that loueth, then the fraudulent kisses of him that hateth.✦Meliora sunt vulnera diligentis quam fraudulenta oscula odientis.
7A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take bitter also for sweet.A soule that is ful shal treade vpon the honiecombe: and a soule that is hungrie shal take bitter also for sweete.✦Anima saturata calcabit favum, et anima esuriens etiam amarum pro dulci sumet.
8As a bird fleeting from her nest, so a man that forsaketh his place.As a bird fleeting from her nest, so a man that forsaketh his place.✦Sicut avis transmigrans de nido suo, sic vir qui derelinquit locum suum.
9The heart is delighted with ointment and divers odours: and with the good counsels of a friend the soul is sweetened.The hart is delighted with oyntement and diuers odours: and with the good counsels of a frend the soule is sweetned.✦Unguento et variis odoribus delectatur cor, et bonis amici consiliis anima dulcoratur.
10Thy friend, and thy father's friend do not leave: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thine affliction. Better is a neighbour near than a brother far off.Thy frend, and thy fathers frend do not leaue : and goe not into thy brothers house in the day of thyne affliction. Better is a neighbour neere thene a brother far of.✦Amicum tuum et amicum patris tui ne dimiseris, et domum fratris tui ne ingrediaris in die afflictionis tuæ. Melior est vicinus juxta quam frater procul.
11Study wisdom my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst make answer to the upbraider.Studie wisedom my sonne, & make my hart ioyful, that thou maist make answer to the vpbrayder.✦Stude sapientiæ, fili mi, et lætifica cor meum, ut possis exprobranti respondere sermonem.
12The subtle man seeing evil, hideth himself: little ones passing through have sustained evil detriments.. The subtel man seeing euil, hideth himself: litle ones passing through haue susteyned euil detriments.✦Astutus videns malum, absconditus est : parvuli transeuntes sustinuerunt dispendia.
13Take his garment, that hath been surety for a stranger: and for aliens take from him a pledge.Take his garment, that hath bene suretie for a stranger : and for alienes take from him a pledge.✦Tolle vestimentum ejus qui spopondit pro extraneo, et pro alienis aufer ei pignus.
14He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, he shall be like him that curseth.He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, he shal be like him that curseth.✦Qui benedicit proximo suo voce grandi, de nocte consurgens maledicenti similis erit.
15Dropping through in the day of cold, and a brawling woman are compared together:Dropping through in the day of cold, and a brawling woman are compared together :✦Tecta perstillantia in die frigoris et litigiosa mulier comparantur.
16He that retaineth her, as he that should hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.He that reteyneth her, as he that should hold the winde, and shal cal in the oyle of his right hand.✦Qui retinet eam quasi qui ventum teneat, et oleum dexteræ suæ vocabit.
17Iron is sharpened with iron, and a man sharpeneth the face of his friend.Iron is sharpened with iron, and a man sharpeneth the face of his frend.✦Ferrum ferro exacuitur, et homo exacuit faciem amici sui.
18He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.He that kepeth the feegtree, shal eate the frute therof: and he that is the keper of his master, shal be glorified.✦Qui servat ficum comedet fructus ejus, et qui custos est domini sui glorificabitur.
19As in waters the countenance of them that look therein shineth, so the hearts of men are manifest to the prudent.As in waters the countenance of them that looke therin shyneth, so the hartes of men are manifest to the prudent.✦Quomodo in aquis resplendent vultus prospicientium, sic corda hominum manifesta sunt prudentibus.
20Hell and perdition are never filled: in like manner also the eyes of men are unsatiable.Hel and perdition are neuer filled : in like maner also the eies of men are vnsatiable.✦Infernus et perditio numquam implentur : similiter et oculi hominum insatiabiles.
21As silver is tried in the forge, and gold in the furnace: so a man is proved by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.As siluer is tried in the forge, and gold in the fornace: so a man is proued by the mouth of him that praiseth. The hart of the wicked seeketh after euils, but the righteous hart seeketh after knowlege.✦Quomodo probatur in conflatorio argentum et in fornace aurum, sic probatur homo ore laudantis. Cor iniqui inquirit mala, cor autem rectum inquirit scientiam.
22If thou shalt contuderis: to crush/pound a fool in a mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon ptisanas: peeled barley/groats, his folly shall not be taken from him.If thou shalt bray a foole in a morter, as when a pestle striketh vpon ptisane, his follie shal not be taken from him.✦Si contuderis stultum in pila quasi ptisanas feriente desuper pilo, non auferetur ab eo stultitia ejus.
23Know diligently the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy flocks:Know diligently the countenance of thy cattel, and consider thy flockes:Diligenter agnosce vultum pecoris tui, tuosque greges considera :
24For thou shalt not have power always: but a crown shall be given into generation and generation.For thou shalt not haue power alwayes: but a crowne shal be geuen into generation and generation.non enim habebis jugiter potestatem, sed corona tribuetur in generationem et generationem.
25The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the grass is gathered out of the mountains.The medowes are open, and the grene herbes haue appeared, and the grasse is gathered out of the mountaines.✦Aperta sunt prata, et apparuerunt herbæ virentes, et collecta sunt fœna de montibus.
26Lambs for thy garment: and kids the price of the field.Lambes for thy garment : and kiddes the price of the filde.✦Agni ad vestimentum tuum, et hædi ad agri pretium.
27Let the milk of the goats suffice thee for thy meats, and for the necessities of thy house: and for victual to thy handmaids.Let the milke of the goates suffice thee for thy meates, and for the necessities of thy house : and for victual to thy handmaides.✦Sufficiat tibi lac caprarum in cibos tuos, et in necessaria domus tuæ, et ad victum ancillis tuis.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.