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[1] A wickid man fleeth, whanne no man pursueth; but a iust man as a lioun tristynge schal be with out ferdfulnesse.
[2] For the synnes of the lond ben many princis therof; and for the wisdom of a man, and for the kunnyng of these thingis that ben seid, the lijf of the duyk schal be lengere.
[3] A pore man falsli calengynge pore men, is lijk a grete reyn, wherynne hungur is maad redi.
[4] Thei that forsaken the lawe, preisen a wickid man; thei that kepen `the lawe, ben kyndlid ayens hym.
[5] Wickid men thenken not doom; but thei that seken the Lord, perseyuen alle thingis.
[6] Betere is a pore man goynge in his sympilnesse, than a riche man in schrewid weies.
[7] He that kepith the lawe, is a wijs sone; but he that fedith glotouns, schendith his fadir.
[8] He that gaderith togidere richessis bi vsuris, and fre encrees, gaderith tho togidere ayens pore men.
[9] His preyer schal be maad cursid, that bowith awei his eere; that he here not the lawe.
[10] He that disseyueth iust men in an yuel weye, schal falle in his perisching; and iuste men schulen welde hise goodis.
[11] A ryche man semeth wijs to him silf; but a pore man prudent schal serche him.
[12] In enhaunsing of iust men is miche glorie; whanne wickid men regnen, fallyngis of men ben.
[13] He that hidith hise grete trespassis, schal not be maad riytful; but he that knoulechith and forsakith tho, schal gete merci.
[14] Blessid is the man, which is euere dredeful; but he that is `harde of soule, schal falle in to yuel.
[15] A rorynge lioun, and an hungry bere, is a wickid prince on a pore puple.
[16] A duyk nedi of prudence schal oppresse many men bi fals chalenge; but the daies of hym that hatith aueryce, schulen be maad longe.
[17] No man susteyneth a man that falsly chalengith the blood of a man, if he fleeth `til to the lake.
[18] He that goith simpli, schal be saaf; he that goith bi weiward weies, schal falle doun onys.
[19] He that worchith his lond, schal be fillid with looues; he that sueth ydelnesse, schal be fillid with nedynesse.
[20] A feithful man schal be preisid myche; but he that hastith to be maad riche, schal not be innocent.
[21] He that knowith a face in doom, doith not wel; this man forsakith treuthe, yhe, for a mussel of breed.
[22] A man that hastith to be maad riche, and hath enuye to othere men; woot not that nedinesse schal come on hym.
[23] He that repreueth a man, schal fynde grace aftirward at hym; more than he that disseyueth bi flateryngis of tunge.
[24] He that withdrawith ony thing fro his fadir and fro his modir, and seith that this is no synne, is parcener of a manquellere.
[25] He that auauntith hym silf, and alargith, reisith stryues; but he that hopith in the Lord, schal be sauyd.
[26] He that tristith in his herte, is a fool; but he that goith wiseli,
[27] schal be preysid. He that yyueth to a pore man, schal not be nedi; he that dispisith `a pore man bisechynge, schal suffre nedynesse.
[28] Whanne vnpitouse men risen, men schulen be hid; whanne tho `vnpitouse men han perischid, iust men schulen be multiplied.
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