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¶ Striue not with a man without cause, if hee haue done thee no harme.

¶ My sonne, if thou bee surety for thy friend, it thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Men doe not despise a thiefe, if he steale to satisfie his soule, when hee is hungry:

But if he be found, he shall restore seuenfold, he shall giue all the substance of his house.

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt beare it.

The hoary head is a crowne of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousnesse.

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliuer him, yet thou must doe it againe.

1611 marginal noteHeb. add.

For it is a pleasant thing, if thou keepe them within thee; they shall withall be fitted in thy lippes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in thy belly.

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from vnder thee?

And put a knife to thy throate, if thou be a man giuen to appetite.