SENTENTIAE PVERILES, TRANSLATED Grammatically: Leading the Learner, as by the hand, to construe right, purse, and make the same Latin; also to get both matter and phrase, most speedily and surely, without inconvenience.  
AT LONDON, Printed by H. L. for Thomas Man, 1612.   

TO THE NOble and hopeful young Lord, Ferdinando, Lord Hastings, son and heir apparent of the right Honourable, the Earl of Huntingdon.  
TO promise, is the easiest matter of all other, right Noble Lord: but in things of moment all the difficulty is in performance. How I have engaged myself to your most honourable Parents, by public acknowledgement of the bond of my duty, for their many favours, and by protestation of my desire ever to witness my thankfulness, in seeking the advancement of them and their Noble house, it is well known to all. Can I then be blamed, if I study to perform that unto their worthy progeny, which I cannot to their Honours otherwise? That as your Lordship, with all the Noble offspring of their most renowned family do excel in birth, so you may in all singular learning, wherein true Nobility doth chiefly consist, and whereby you may be admired and honoured of all. When Nobility hath all parts of rare wisdom to govern it, then is it as the goodliest ship, having wind at will, under the rule of a skilful master, so as it shall ever sail safely, in the midst of most perilous rocks and boisterous storms. To this end this hath been my first desire towards your Lordship, that the entry to all good learning may be most easy unto you, and full of all sweet delight. Though all my school labours be yours in this respect, that they have been of later years, more specially intended for your Lordship above others, and proceeded in principally by the favour of my Honourable Lord; yet herein I have thought it most fit to signify this duty. Because, howsoever it be the least of all my endeavours for your Lordship, yet it is for your entrance into your Latin studies, and the first of those Grammatical translations, whereof I have conceived an undoubted hope of a perpetual benefit to come to all Schools and good learning by them: by setting all the younger sort in the high way, and guiding them by the hand, to go through all their first usual Authors with certainty and double fruit, and that almost in one half of the time, which is ordinarily spent in them; as I trust experience shall prove to all, and this little book shall give sufficient trial. So that your Lordship may have passed all the difficulty of learning, before you have felt what any pains of learning do mean: and that, that part which hath been wont to be the discouragement of the little ones, may be made unto them the pleasantest of all; to their exceeding joy, with the comfort of all both parents and instructors. Also for the little book itself, which I have thus made choice of, to show the first trial in, according as it was gathered of purpose, for the first enterers into Latin, although it be small in quantity, yet the worth of it truly known, and it rightly used, shallbe found above the weight in the finest gold; for that there are contained in it, so many wise sentences of most learned men, as shall at the very first give your Lordship a true taste of all kind of that wisdom, which shall so much adorn you, and also furnish you with words to express the same. Which, after that you are once perfect in the first grounds of Grammar (as you may soon be, by the plain direction which I have laboured to prepare for you, in my questions called the Posing of the Accidence and Grammar) by the help of this translation, and your oft reading the sentences out of it, you shall have both matter and phrase to flow into your remembrance, without either toiling of your mind, or overcharging of your memory at all. For the manner of the use hereof, and the rest of this kind, that your Lordship may reap the benefit of them, and of all my travels for you, I refer your director unto that which I have written in my Grammarschoole. These first fruits of my most dutiful affections, being accepted according to my entirest desire towards your lasting honour, I have just cause to hope that by that time that your Lordship shall be meet to proceed to higher studies, the Lord who hath thus begun, will make all the way to the top of all excellent knowledge, as sure, ready, and full of all pleasant allurement unto you, as ever Noble parsonage did know before. Until which time, I shall not fail through his gracious assistance, to prosecute the work by a continued inquiry of all the learnedst and best experienced, of this present, and all ages past; nor yet to have undoubted assurance, of whatsoever I shall commend unto your Lordship. If this dedication shall seem strange unto any, by reason of your Lordship's tender years, this will be my just defence: that as God gave this special experiment of translating Grammatically, and of the benefits thereof together with you, so far forth as I know▪ so my hope is that it shall grow up with you, and come to maturity by that time that your Lordship shall be able to judge of it, by your own experience. In the mean while I shall not be wanting to strive with God by prayer, that he may so bless you with your hopeful Brother, and all other allied to your Noble house, and to fit you for the best studies, that you may add to the renown of all your famous progenitors, & propagate an everlasting augmentation of all virtue and honour to all that ever succeed you, and be lights to all other of true nobility.  
Your Lordships, in all study, and dutiful affection, JOHN BRINSLEY.   

FOr the manner, use and benefits of this and my other Grammatical translations, for speedy attaining the Latin song, see LUDUS LITERARIUS or the Grammarschoole, Chap. 8.  
By the help of these translations, any who have lost the knowledge of the Latin, may some recour it; and they who have but a taste (if they be of understanding) may very much increase, and go forward of themselves.   

Sentences of wise [men] 
a gathered.  collected for 
b novices or fresh water soldiers.  the first young beginners of: the Latin tongue.  


c Aide or succour.  HElp [thy] friends.  
Abstain from 
d Other men's goods.  other folk's things.  

e Keep close a secret.  Conceal a secret thing.  

f Easy to be spoken-to.  Be thou affable [or courtetecus in speech.]  

g Try.  Prove [thy] friends.  

h Foolish boldness.  audaciousness [is] 
i Perilous.  dangerous.  

k Use the help of, or be familiar with.  Use [thy] friends.   

B  
Honour good [men]  
Be thou 
l courteous in speech.  fair-spoken.  

m Be kind or bountiful.  Do well to good [men.]  

n Bless all.  Say well to all men.   

C  

o Know who and what thou art.  Know thyself.  

p Favour or esteem of thy kinsmen.  love [thy] kinsfolks.  

q Pursue.  Follow after 
r peace or agreement.  concord.  

s Hate thou.  Thou shalt hate 
t crafty accusation.  calumniation [or false and malicious accusation.]  

u Ask counsel or give counsel.  Consult 
x without blame.  blameleslie.   

D  

y Be afraid of.  Fear 
z guile or fraud.  deceit.  
Keep 
a that which is given thee.  a thing given.  

b Give again.  Restore 
c thing laid down.  the pledge [or that which is laid down or con; mitted to thee to keep]  

d Accuse no man.  Defer [or carry up] no man, [or carry complaints or accusations against no man.]  

e Please or give contentment to.  Delight [thy] friends.  

f Be diligent.  Add diligence. [use thou diligence.]   

E  

g Keep or maintain.  Retain [thy] 
h credit, reputation.  estimation.  
Drunkenness 
i maketh men mad.  doth make mad.  
Fly drunkenness.  

k Practise or use.  Exercise honesty [or goodness.]  

l judge equally or indifferently.  judge a right thing. [or judge that which is equal and right.]   

F  
Care for [thy] family.  

m Do those things which are just.  Do just things.  

n Teach or inform.  Instruct [thy] sons or children.  

o Avoid dishonest things.  Fly filthy things.   

I  
Fly 
p hatred.  enmities [or strife and variance.]  

q Stay or moderate.  Temper 
r anger or passion.  angriness.  

s Unloose or make an end of.  Dissolve enmities. [or break off strife and dissension.]  
judge thou justly.  

t Maintain.  love justice.  
Keep [thy] oath.   

L  
Learn willingly.  

u Be not given over to play or gaming.  Fly plays [or pastime.]  
Obey the laws.  
Praise honest things.  

x Rule or govern.  Temper [thy] tongue.  

y Read over or turn over.  Roll over books.  

z Institute or teach.  Instruct [thy] children.  

a Hate.  Thou shalt hate 
b contention.  strife.   

M  

c Think of or meditate of.  Think mortal things.  
Fear the 
d the Ruler.  Magistrate.  
Be thou 
e neat or handsome.  cleanly.  
Give place 
f to thy better.  to a greater [man.]  

g Spare thy inferior.  Spare a less [man.]  
Fear [thy] master.  
Please 
h the greatest part.  the multitude.  

i Hate thou.  Thou shalt hate a lie.  
Fly a whore [or harlot.]   

N  

k Move no man, or stir up no man to anger.  Provoke no man.  
Thou shalt 
l scorn or laugh at.  mock no man.  

m Do not swear.  Swear not.  
Dispraise no man.  

n Be an adversary to.  Thou mayest be against no man.  
Nothing is 
o long lasting.  long continuing [or perpetual.]   

O  
Please all men.  

p Govern.  Moderate [thy] eyes.  
Be not idle.  
Fly idleness.  
All things are changed.   

P  
Love peace.  

q Seek after.  Follow after 
r piety.  godliness.  
Fly thou 
s dishonesty or any reproachful act.  reproach.  
Honour the Prince.  
Rashness [is] 
t perilous.  dangerous.  
Obey the Prince.  

u Observe.  Keep 
x bashfulness.  shamefastness [or modesty.]  
Keep 
* thy proper things.  thine own things.  

y Give thyself to.  Exercise prudence [or wisdom.]   

R  

z Look to, or regard.  Respect 
* a thing to come.  that which [is] to come.  
Reverence [thy] parents'.  

a Honour or have in estimation.  Love 
b godliness.  religion, [or the true worshipping of God.]  
Honour the King.  

c Stay or govern.  Moderate [thy] laughter.  
Seek 
d that which is right.  a right thing.  
Obey reason.  

e Beware of spreading reports.  Fly rumours.   

S  

f Use the company of.  Use wise men.  
Be thou sober.  

g greet.  Salute willingly, [or courteously.]  
Reverence [thy] senior, [or elder.]  

b Be not suspicious.  Cast thou away suspicion.   

T  

i Be temperate.  Exercise temperance, [or moderation.]  

k Observe the time.  Obey the time.  
Dwell with thyself.   

V  

l Adhere or strick fast to.  Cleave to the truth.  
Vsevertue.  

m Hate thou violent or forcible compulsion.  Thou shalt hate violence [or wrong]  

n Moderate.  Temper [thy] pleasure.  
Answer thou modestly [or with reverence.]  

o Observe.  Keep modesty [or bashfulness.]   

Sentences of three words.  

A  
Love doth overcome all things.  

p Self love, or love of a man's own self.  Love of himself [is] blind.  

q Arms or wars.  Weapons do not know laws, [or regard no laws.]  

r Luck or chance.  Fortune doth help 
s venturous men.  bold [men.]  

t Continual sitting at it.  Assiduity [or continual diligence] doth overcome the hardest things.  
A covetous [man] 
u is always needy.  doth need always.  
Nothing is more miserable than 
v avarice.  covetousness.  
Nothing [is] 
x unable to be won with gold.  unconquerable to gold.  

y Science or skill.  Art doth overcome nature.  
A bow 
z too much bend.  bend overmuch is broken.  

a Do not desire earnestly.  Do not covet other men's things.  

b Fly vice.  Abstain from vices.  

c Riches do get friends.  Money doth make friends.  
Covetousness [is] 
d the chief.  the head of vices.  
One [man] 
c doth excel.  is better than another.  

f Continual custom.  Accustoming is most effectual.   

B  
The end of war [is] uncertain.  

* Remember a good turn.  Be thou mindful of a benefit received.  

g The issue or event.  The fortune of war [is] doubtful.  
War is to be 
h borne, handled, done or achieved.  made with counsel.  
The life of men is short.  
Old men [are] 
i twice children.  childrentwice.   

C  

k Religion or the worship of God.  Worship [is] a 
l sacred.  holy thing.  
The heart of man [is] 
m cannot be tamed or brought under.  untameable.  
The heart of man [is] wicked.  
Many 
n faults.  crimes are to be 
o to be passed by.  dissembled.  

p Every comparison.  All comparison [is] odious.  

q The proper.  His own gift [is] to every one [or, Every one hath his own proper gift.]  

r Courtesy or humanity.  Gentleness 
s doth bring forth.  doth get friends.  

t Wayward, or hard to please.  Froward [men] are to be over come by gentleness.  
The conscience 
u is instead of a thousand witnesses.  [is] a thousand witnesses.  

x Overmuch meat.  Immoderate meat is hurtful.  
angriness is an enemy 
y to reason.  to counsel.  
Covetousness is 
z unsatiable, can never have enough.  unfillable, [or unpossible to be filled.]  

a Covetous or greedy desire.  Covetousness of money is to be fled or shunned.  

b Adversity or misery.  Calamity [is] to be upbraided to no man.  
We must not answer 
c to revilings.  with railings.   

D  
Slothfulness 
d doth engender or breed.  doth beget 
* oblivion.  forgetfulness.  

e Time.  A day doth bring many things.  
[It is] 
f a hard thing.  a difficult thing to leave things accustomed.  
Riches 
g do cause pride or haughtiness.  do bring forth disdain.  

h Time.  The day doth take away grief.  
We must 
i be out of hope.  despair of no man.  
Gifts 
k can much prevail.  can do much.  

l Offenders.  [Men] offending are to be corrected.  
Riches are the 
m servants or occasions.  ministers of vices.  
[It is] 
n a most hard thing.  a most difficult thing 
o to conquer.  to overcome nature.  
kingdoms 
p are overthrown or lost.  do slide down by 
q dissension.  discord.  
[Those things are] difficult which are honest.  
The speech of a rich man [is] 
r inconsiderate.  unwary.  

s Contention.  Division 
t doth lessen or consume.  doth waste the 
v thing.  substance [or goods.]  
Prove thou every doubtful thing.  

w The issue or falling out.  The event of things is doubtful.  
Every rich man [is] 
u unfillable.  unsatiable.  
Time [is] the physician of of grief.   

E  
Exercise [is] the best master.  
Exercise can do all things.  

x Like things.  Equal things do delight equal men.  

y Banishment.  Exile 
z doth commend or grace.  doth make-honest many men.  
Nothing [is] more certain than 
a experience.  experiment.  
We are made more wise by age.  

b Oblivion followeth.  Forgetfulness [is] the companion of drunkenness.  
Age 
c is hu●●.  is corrupted by wine.   

F  
The end of horrible offences [is] 
d filthy.  dishonest.  
There are [many] kinsfolks 
e of men in prosperity.  of happy men. [that is, rich men have many kinsfolks.]  

f Felicity.  Happiness doth stir up enmities.  
Hunger [is] the best cook.  

g Prosperity.  Fortune doth make men 
h proud.  insolent.  
Envy [is] the companion 
i of prosperity.  of felicity.  

k Cruelty.  Fierceness 
l is assuaged.  is pacified 
m by mildness or gentleness.  by lenity.  
A fool doth acknowledge the fact [or 
n the deed when it is done.  a thing done.]  
Women are inconstant.  
We must give place 
o to rage.  to fury.  
Fly 
u things high overmuch.  too high things.  

p Behold.  Look to the end of [thy] life.  
Beauty 
q is marred.  perisheth by wine.  
Fortune doth help valiant [men.]  
Nothing [is] more miserable than hunger.  
Nothing [is] 
r sure or stable.  firm in [this] life.  
Age [is] 
s flying away speedily.  flying away.  
Nothing [is] to be 
t committed in trust.  credited 
u to a fool.  to a blab or prattling [man.]  
Death [is] the end of misery.   

G  
joy [is] joined to grief.  

x Thanks gets good will or kindness.  Favour bringeth forth favour. [or, One good turn deserves another.]  
Labour [is] the foundation of glory.   

H  
Honour doth nourish 
* the Arts.  Artes.  
The minds of men [are] 
y variable.  divers.  
Money doth 
z give or bring.  afford honours.  

a men's chances.  human chances [are] doubtful.  
[There is] 
b a course of succeeding by course.  an interchange of 
c things belonging to men.  human things.   

I  
The end 
d of contentions.  of strifes [is] unhappy.  
The 
e issue.  end of things [is] uncertain.  
Anger [is] the torment 
f of a man's self.  of itself.  
Labours 
g past.  done [are] pleasant.  

h Verity.  Truth [is] in wine.  
It is a hard thing 
i to restrain or bridle.  to keep in anger.  
Envy [is] the companion 
k of boasting.  of bragging.  
The wits of men [are] divers.  

l men who take no advise, or rash, or inconsiderate.  Unadvised men [or men who take no counsel] do rush [or fall down headlong] easily.  
A discommodity [is] to 
m to be lessened or sweetened.  be seasoned 
n With cheerfulness.  with mirth.  

o Need.  Necessity [is] 
p very great or pierceth deep.  an huge dart.  
God doth help 
q the diligent or painful man.  the industrious man.  

r Partnershippe.  Society [
s is always.  is] unfaithful always.  
Inconstancy doth 
t loath.  disdain friends.  

u An unknown thing.  A thing unknown is not loved.  

x beggarliness is unfillable.  Beggary is unsatiable.  
An injury is overcome by 
y a good turn.  a benefit.  

z Change or intercourse.  The course of things is pleasant.  

a All unconstant.  Every ignorant man is unstable.  

b Unhappiness or misery.  Infelicity is to be objected to no man.  
It is a difficult thing 
c to bear or suffer.  to tolerate injuries.   

L  
Praise 
d doth excite.  doth stir up the wit.  
Strife 
e doth breed.  doth bring forth strife.  
All things do flourish by labour.  
The tongue hath destroyed many [men.]  
Labours [are] the foundation of glory.  

f Bridle.  Keep in thy tongue with thy finger.  
Labour is the treasure of man.  
Praise [is] the reward of virtue.  
Nothing [is] more sweet than liberty.   

M  
An evil [man] doth seek 
g a like man.  [a man] like.  

h A thing evil gotten.  That which is gotten evil doth slide away.  
Hunger doth teach many things.  
An evil thing 
i is borne.  is taken away by patience.  
The mind is 
k a diviner or foreteller.  a presager 
l of that which is to come.  of a thing to come.  
Silence doth adorn a woman.  
[It is] a most miserable thing to die 
m through hunger.  with hunger.  
Nothing is safe to mortal men.  
Gifts 
n do catch.  do take men.  

o Defence of one another.  Mutual defence is most safe.  
Love doth teach music.  
Death doth throw down all things.  
Death is 
p unshunnable.  inevitable.  

q Crosses, losses, misfortunes.  Evil things do hasten old age.  
Chastity [is] the dowry of a woman.  
Memory [is] 
r the treasury or treasure.  the treasure-house of Arts.  
We must not answer 
s to reproaches or railings.  with evill-speeches.   

N  
Nature [is] content with a few things.  
No man is borne 
t for himself.  to himself.  
Thou shalt believe nothing rashly.  

u Thou oughtest not to lie.  Thou oughtest to lie nothing.  

x Need runs bare legged.  Necessity wants boots or startups.  
Do not brag of thine own things.  
Do not despise other folks things.  

y Speak not ill of any man behind his backed.  Do not backbite any man.  

a Necessity hath no law.  Nothing doth repugn [or resist] necessity.  

b Need.  Necessity doth break iron.  

c Too much niggardliness.  Overmuch sparing [is] to be shunned.  
The night 
d is without or void of.  doth want shamefasteness.  

e Let not any thing be.  Not any thing overmuch, [or, Nothing too much.]  
Nothing [is] greater than 
f daily practice.  continual custom.  

g Fidelity or faithfulness.  Faith is safe no where [that is, it is hard to find him whom we may trust.]  

h [See that] thou try.  Thou mayest affirm nothing 
* unexperienced.  untried.  

i It is repugned.  It is resisted to nature in vain. [or,] it is in vain to resist [nature.]  
Nothing [is] more 
k floating or swift.  flying away then time.   

O  

l Dutifulness or obedience.  pliantness 
* doth bring forth.  doth get friends.  
The occasion doth make the thief.  
Wealth taketh away friends.  
Every beginning [is] grievous.  
Occasion [is] not to be neglected.  
Riches do slide away 
m speedily.  swiftly.  
Hatred is 
n quickly pacified, qualified, or made more gentle.  assuaged by 
o seruiceeblenesse or dutifulness.  pliantness.  

p Time.  Age 
q taketh away.  brings all things.  
Riches 
r are gotten or provided.  are prepared 
s by skill.  by Art.  
Idleness [is] 
t the spoiler.  the rust of the wit.   

P  
Poverty 
u doth make us to seek Arts.  doth stir up Arts.  

x Let the scholar obey.  The scholar let him obey the master.  
All things obey money.  

y Rash.  Headlong counsel [is] unlucky.  
poverty 
z deprives us of.  spoils [men] of friends.  
Things gotten are to be kept.  

a Shame or bashfulness.  Shamefastness [is] unprofitable to a beggar.  

b An account or forecast. Calculus is also a pebble stone or a table-man.  A counter doth overcome very much, [or we may do much by counters or by an account.]  
Nothing [is] more sweet than our country.  

c Delaying or putting off from day to day.  Procrastination is odious.  
The beginning [is] the half of the whole.   

Q  
What things do hurt do teach.  
Every 
d land.  earth [is] a country [that is, to a valiant man, because he can live any where.]   

R  
Overmuch laughter is to be taken heed of.   

S  
Like things favour like [or like to like.  

e A like thing.  Like doth rejoice in the like.  
All 
f bondage.  servitude is miserable.  
Only 
g rich men, or in prosperity.  fortunate men are loved.  
Sleep [is] 
h a picture or resemblance.  the image of death.  
Hope 
i saves or preserves.  doth keep afflicted [men.]  

k Learning or endeavour.  Study doth make men courteous [or civil.]  

l His own things.  His own [is] fair to every one, [or Every one likes his own things best.]  

m The spring time.  The spring doth follow the winter.  

n A foolish man.  A fool doth speak foolish things.  

o The course of life.  Studies 
p do show.  do declare the mind.  

q Chance or hap.  Lot 
r doth turn upside-down.  doth turn about all things.  
Silence [is] safe every where.  
Proud [men] are 
s amended or reform.  corrected hardly.  
Only a wise man [is] rich.  
Hope doth 
t comfort and sustain.  nourish banished men.  
Every man doth please himself.  

u Abundance, or plenty, or riches.  Fullness 
x doth bring forth.  doth breed fierceness [or cruelty.]  
Holy days [are] always to 
y sluggards.  slothful [men]: [or, Idle men would have every day holiday.]  
Speech 
z doth heal sorrowfulness.  doth cure sadness.  
Nothing is more profitable than silence.   

T  
Time is 
a a devourer or consumer.  an eater of things.  
Time is short.  
Time 
b doth pass away.  doth fly away most swiftly.  
All things are changed in time.  
Time 
c brings all things to light.  doth reveal all things.  
All things are 
d accomplished or fully done, or brought to an end.  finished in time.  
Nothing is swifter than time.  
All things are done in time.  
Time doth 
e doth lenify or assuage.  mitigate grief.   

V  
The belly wanteth ears [or, The belly cannot be persuaded.]  

f We have an appetite to, or desire earnestly.  We covet more greedily things forbidden.  
The speech of truth [is] 
g one and not diverse.  simple, [or plain.]  
The judgement of the common people is foolish.  
Virtue praised doth increase.  
All things are consumed by use.  
The gifts of men [are] divers.    

Sentences of four words.  


a Every age of man hath the proper courses which do become it: as, Childishness children, Gravity old age etc.  O Other things do become an other age.  

* Another thing of vice.  
b Other men have other faults: or every man hath one fault or other.  Another vice is to other [men.]  
We must use friends with modesty.  

c Daily.  Continual exercise can do all things.  

d We must take heed.  We must beware of flattering men.  
We know [our] friends amongst [adverse things [or in adversity.]  
Good friends are rare.  

e Ancient.  Old friendship is abolished seldom.  
Nothing is difficult to a lover.  
Ambition is 
f hurtful or dangerous.  most pestilent in the Commonwealth.  
Friendship is to be 
g put before, preferred before.  preferred to all things.  
The year 
h Doth make fruitful,  doth fructify, not the earth.  
The mind of every man is 
al. relieved or comforted.  revealed 
i by his speech:  by speech.  
[There is] no wisdom before 
k experience.  years.  
Evil things accustomed do not 
l disquiet.  offend.  
Love is not 
m able to be healed.  curable.  
Adverse things do stir up the wit oft times.  
A covetous king is 
n pleased or quieted with gold.  pacified by gold.  

o Covetousness or greedy desire.  The covetous desire of a covetous man is filled 
* no where.  never.  

* It is not of.  It is not the part of a wise man 
p to be overbold  to be bold.  
Nothing is more precious than a faithful friend.  

q There is a measure.  A measure 
al. let it be present, or let there be a measure.  is present to every thing.  
[Friends] admonishing freely are rare.  
Chastity is 
r beauty enough.  beauty ample enough.  
Friendship doth refuse no 
s burden or labour.  weight.  
The eyes do get love especially.  
Covetous men 
t can never have enough.  cannot be satisfied.  
No vice is 
u worse or more vile or mischievous.  more foul than covetousness.  
Laws are like to the webs of spiders.   

B  

x A good turn.  A benefit always 
y doth procure.  doth provoke a benefit.  
A benefit is to be measured by the mind of the giver.  
The 
z objecting or casting in the teeth.  upbraiding of a benefit is 
a troublesome.  grievous.  
Civill-warre [is] 
b dangerous, noisome, or deadly.  a pernicious evil.  
Many good things are lost by neglecting.  
We must use good friends more sparingly.  
All things do become good men.  
Men are over-entreated 
c with fawning or flattering speeches.  with fair words.   

C  
The marriage of 
d unequal marriages.  unequals is evil.  
Fearful dogs do bark more vehemently.  

e Too much subtlety.  Overmuch crastinesse doth hurt sometimes.  
[That thing] is dear which is rare.  
Custom 
f doth make easy.  doth lenify [or soften] all hard things.  
Counsel doth prevail very much every where.  

g A good conscience.  A right conscience is most sweet.  
Custom [is] more mighty than any tyrant.  
A common shipwreck [is] 
b a comfort.  a solace to all.  
Counsel is unprofitable after 
i the deeds done  the deeds.  
Wisdom is more precious than all riches.  

k More money more care: or more rich more careful.  Care doth follow money increasing.  
An enemy doth deceive when he flattereth.  
Friends are changed with fortune.   

D  
Fear 
l doth prove or declare.  doth argue 
m base or dastardly minds.  degenerate 
al. friends.  minds.  
Riches are the burdens of a good mind.  
Learned [men] do rejoice in the familiarity of learned [men.]  
It is a sweet thing 
* to have remembered of.  to remember our labours.  

n The soil or place where we were borne.  [Our] father's soil is pleasant.  
The greater part [is] always of the worse [men.]  
Damage [is] 
o to be preferred to.  to be put before filthy 
p gain.  lucre.  
divers earths bring forth divers things.  
A gift 
q is esteemed, or considered.  is weighed by the mind of the giver.  
Riches [are] the cause 
r of brawlings.  of chide.  
We ought to condemn no man 
s rashly or lightly.  easily.  

t A man's own misery.  His own misery 
u is to be hid.  is to be dissembled.   

E  
A rose 
x is not bred.  doth not grow upon a sea-onion.  
An idle hand doth bring 
* need or want.  poverty.  
Love 
y groweth of sight or seeing.  is bred of sight.  
We are all made more learned 
z by damage.  by loss.  
Mourning 
a doth follow occupy or take.  doth possess 
b the last things or last parts.  the extremities of joy, [or After the greatest joy comes mourning.]  
Drunkenness 
c doth discover or utter.  doth bring forth 
d the most secret things.  the most hidden things 
e of the heart.  of the breast.  
The greatest things [are made] of the least beginnings.  

f It is a common thing to mortal men to err.  To err is a common thing to mortal [men].  

* Swordpoint to be given to children.  A sword is not to be committed to boys.  
Upbraiding 
g of misery.  of calamity is to be objected to no man.  
Experience is 
b the teacher.  the mistress of providence.  
Great things are made of little things.  
Vices do come of idleness.  
He-that-hath-tryed dangers 
i doth easily fear.  is sore afraid easily.   

F  

k Prosperity or men in prosperity.  Felicity hath many kinsfolks.  
Fortune is most like to the wind.  

l It is an evil thing to.  To deceive others is an evil thing.  

m There is no certain.  No certain knowledge [is] of things to come.  
Thou shalt be made evil by the 
n familiarity in the same Inn, house, or tent.  
* Contubernium of con-taberna. in the same Tavern.  company of evil men.  
The 
o custom in buying and selling, traffic with.  commerce [or familiar company] of evil [men] is to be fled.  
The 
p agreement.  concord of brethren is rare.  
Too high things are to be fled.  

q Faith.  Fidelity [is] to be kept even to an enemy.  
It is 
r a great fault.  a grievous fault to speak things 
* to be kept in.  to be kept secret.  
Glory is not bought with money.   

H  
Men [are] 
s prone or turning or inclining.  ready to evil.  

t The figure, the condition.  The fashion of man is known by his speech.  

u The low or base.  The humble kind of life [is] most safe.   

I  
Nothing is more intolerable 
x than an unwise or foolish man in prosperity.  than fortunate fool.  
Angry men do nothing 
a well.  rightly.  

b Agreement.  Concord [is] rare amongst brethren.  
Holidays are always to 
c to slothful men  sluggish men.  

d unthankfulness.  Ingratitude [is] the head of all vices.  
There is need 
e of a courage.  of a mind in every thing.  
A friend is proved 
f in adversity.  in adverse things.  

g Change.  Variety doth delight in every matter.  
Laws are silent [or do hold their peace] 
h in wars.  amongst weapons.  
Impatience doth 
i make all things more sharp.  exasperate all things.  

k Vehement rage or force.  Violence 
l doth effect or work.  doth minister all things evilly, [or unhappily.]  
Honour 
m doth cost.  doth consist of innumerable labours.  
Anger doth wax old the most slowly of all things.  
A good friend [is] 
n a huge.  a very great treasure.  
Evils 
o unlooked for, or besides our opinion.  unthought of are more grievous.  
Glory hath 
p an exceeding great spur.  an unmeasurable spur, [or, Glory doth set us on exceedingly.]  
Envy 
q doth vex.  doth writhe [or-torment] 
r the author of it.  the own author.  
Nothing is 
s more mischievous.  more pernicious than 
t a malapert tongue.  a naughty tongue.  

u Carelessness.  Security doth bring forth innumerable evils.  
Evil things often 
x do stir up the wit often.  do moon the wit.  
Anger is not 
y pacified.  appeased by angriness.   

L  
Labour is a treasure to men.  
Labour 
z is crowned with virtue.  doth receive the glory of virtue.  

a continual or sturdy.  Vntired labour doth overcome all things.  
A longer life a long-lasting calamity.  

b Thou mayest bear.  [See that] thou bear willingly that which it necessary.   

M  
Nothing is to be 
c assayed.  tried, 
* the goddess of learning or of wit.  Minerva [or nature being unwilling] [or We must attempt nothing against nature.]  

d An ill-weed dieth not.  An evil herb doth not perish.  
The mind [is] 
e a foreteller.  a presager 
f of that which is to come.  of a thing to come.  
Many things are wanting to [men] 
g to them that ask.  ask many things.  
It behoveth a liar 
h to have a good memory.  to be mindful.  
Evil 
i gain.  lucre 
k is no better than loss.  is equal to loss.  
An oak 
l is hewn down.  is cast down by many blows.  

m Wayward.  froward [men] do 
n do expound.  interpret nothing 
* whitely.  sincerely [or well and lovingly.]  
Evil counsel is the worst 
o to the asker.  to the consultour.  
Nothing is more dear to mortal men than money.  
Death is common 
p to all age.  to every age.  
Evil things are 
q next or near neighbours.  near to good things.  
A fool is wise, 
r an evil thing.  the evil being received [or after the evil.]  

s Forced.  Compelled wits do answer evilly.  
Modesty doth 
t further.  confer [or help] much to health.  

u Men in misery.  Miserable men are wont to envy 
x Men in prosperity.  happy men.   

N  
Nature doth love 
y no solitary thing.  nothing solitary.  
It is 
z a troublesome thing.  a busy matter 
a to wrangle, or sue one another in law.  to strive [or to contend in law.]  

b Do not follow.  Thou mayest not follow the errors of the common people.  

c Doth know: few have known quiet rest.  Quiet rest hath known few▪  
Nothing [is] more effectual than 
d the plain truth.  the simple truth.  
Thou mayest not undertake 
e things above thy strength or power.  greater things than thy strength.  
Nothing is more filthy than 
f leeherous or incontinent.  an old man given to lust.  
Nothing [is] more 
g against reason or sense.  absurd than 
h a covetous rich man.  a rich man covetous.  

i No mortal man.  None of mortal men [is] blessed 
k on all parts, or every way.  absolutely.  
The necessity of nature is pacified with 
l a little.  little thing.  
No man is hurt except of himself.  

m Want of consideration.  Rashness doth hurt mortal [men] much.  
No possession is better [then the possession] of friends.  
Nothing [is] more 
n miserable or subject to misery.  calamitous then man.  
No thing [is] more sweet than a friendly 
o admonisher.  monitour.  
Nothing is 
p more common.  more vulgar then to deceive men.  
Over much 
q mildness.  lenity is not approved.  
Fortune doth not 
r laugh upon us alway.  smile always.   

O  
Riches 
s reconcile or procure.  do not get friends.  
No man can have all things.  
No man is wise 
t at all times.  at all hours.  
[It is] the best thing 
u to make use of, to learn to be wise by other▪ men's foolishness.  to enjoy as other man's madness [or folly.]  
All things [are] 
x to be done.  to be finished in their own time.  
All things are changed easily. 
y The care or seeing to of the master,  The eye of the master doth make fat the horse, [or The masters eye doth feed the horse.]  
Idleness doth teach many vices.  
It is 
z the sweetest thing of all things.  the most sweet thing of all to receive.  
All good things 
a are upholden by peace.  do consist in peace, [or depend upon peace.]  
We all are 
b made worse.  worse 
c by liberty.  by licence.  
The speech is 
d a likeness or resemblance.  a picture of the deeds.  
The eyes are 
e more to be trusted, or that which we see is more sure.  more faithful than the cares.  
Every 
f earth or place.  soil is a country 
g to a courageous▪ man.  to a valiant man.   

P  
The death of poor men is 
h without stir, or talking of.  without noise.  
The speeches of poor men 
i are not regarded.  are vain.  
The 
k judgements, or opinions are better.  sentences of old men are more excellent.  

l Small things.  Little things are not to be contemned.  
Wits 
m over timely, quickly.  
n Soon ripe, soon rotten.  oversoon ripe do fail soon.  
His own country [is] most pleasant to every man.  
Nothing is more profitable than 
o common peace or agreement.  public concord.  

p Substance.  Things [or goods] do increase by sparing and labour.  
It is the part of a wise man 
q to hide, or conceal.  to dissemble many things.  
Nothing [is] pleasant to a troubled 
r mind.  heart.  
It is 
s a vary difficult thing.  a very hard thing to be good.  

g frowardness, or obstinacy.  Stubbornness is the companion of a mind 
h puffed up, proud.  lifted up.  

i Goodness.  Honesty maketh 
k a bold or present wit.  a great wit.  

l pliantness, readiness to please.  Obedience is not to be performed to [a man] sinning.  
Envy ceaseth after death.  
The minds are 
m wanton, or running riot.  proud in prosperous things, [or prosperity.]   

Q  
How many heads, so many 
n judgements, meanings, opinions.  senses.  

o As the man [is] such is his speech.  What a man, such a speech.  

p As the prince [is] such is his people.  What a prince such a people.  
Every man 
q doth flatter himself in his own sins.  doth flatter his own evils.  
What is 
r more filthy.  more dishonest than 
s proud.  arrogant unskilfulness?  
How many men, so many 
t opinions.  sentences [or minds]  
How much thou shalt have, 
u of so much reckoning or account, or so much esteemed.  of so much value thou shalt be.  
What a question, such an answer: [or As the question [is] such [should be] the answer.]  

x Taking counsel or advise.  Consultation is 
y a holy thing.  a sacred thing.  
A fool understandeth 
z a thing done and passed, or when it is too late.  a thing finished.  
We are all wise 
z a thing done and passed, or when it is too late.  a thing being past.  

a Blushing.  Redness is the colour of virtue.  
[There is] seldom any calamity alone.  
Reason 
b doth grow our of kind.  doth degenerate without exercise.   

S  
Only 
c men in misery.  miserable men 
d are free from.  do want envy.  
The quality of a man is known by his speech.  

e We answer more fitly.  It is answered 
f many things.  to many men more aptly by silence.  

g Clearness or fair weather.  A calm doth follow 
h a storm.  a tempest easily.  

i A man's own skill.  His own Art 
k doth maintain.  doth nourish every man.  
Nothing [is] more pleasant then 
l quiet, which may be at ease. ▪ idle old age.  

m Mere speech, or in due season.  Fit speech is the best.  
Speech is 
n the engraven form, picture or image.  the character [or print] of the mind.  
Her own King 
o doth like the Queen best.  doth please the Queen.  
Sparing 
p is too late.  is late 
q in the bottom of the purse.  in the bottom.  
Whosoever doth covet is 
r needy, wanting help.  poor always.  
His own studies do delight every man.  
We are able [to do] nothing 
s without the help of God.  without help.  
Nothing in the life [is] better than health.  
No man is borne without 
t faults.  vices.  
Overmuch wisdom is not wisdom.  

u Every man hath his error.  His own error is to be attributed to every man.  

x We must try, or attempt.  Nothing [is] to be tried above strength.  
Every man is delighted with his own study.  
Hope doth 
y foster, or sustain.  cherish the minds of men.   

T  

a Dishonest.  Filthy 
b lucre.  gain doth bring misfortune [or loss.]  
Time doth draw all things with it.  
His own pleasure doth 
c entice, or allure.  draw 
d every one.  every man, [or Every own followeth his own pleasure.]  
A friend is proved in time of adversity.  
All things are made more light 
e by time.  in time.   

V  

f overmuch, or wine immoderately taken.  Immoderate wine is the cause of evils.  
Consolation is better 
g when the belly is full.  with a full belly.  
The common people 
h doth measure, or allow by gain  doth approve friendships by profit.  

i A more seldom use.  More rare use doth commend pleasures.  
Where fear [is] there is shame.  
Where friends [are] there [are] riches.  
Where 
k our love.  love [is] there [is] the eye.  
Where 
l our grief.  grief [is] there [is] [our] finger.  
One man [is] no man.  
As 
m every one.  every man is, so he speaks.  
No possession is greater than virtue.  
The interchanges of things are 
n variable, or changing.  divers.  

o Faults.  Vices cannot be 
p concealed.  hid.  

q Our own glory.  Vain glory is not to be 
r required.  sought.    

Sentences of more words.  

LEarn what thou mayest 
s avoid.  shun by the 
t chance, mishap or peril.  fall of other men.  

u Shame or overmuch modesty.  Shamefastness is to be cast away, as oft as necessity doth 
x constrain, require or enforce.  urge.  
A boar is holden oft times 
y of a little dog.  of a dog not great.  
We all are 
z inclining, hanging or prone.  ready to idleness.  

a Troubles.  Adverse things are to be 
b undergone.  tolerated [or born] 
c patiently.  with an equal mind.  
Flattery [is] the greatest plague in friendship.  

d It is the duty.  It is [the part] of a young man to reverence his 
e elders or betters.  greater's by birth.  
It is 
f so great a thing, or of so great force.  so very much to accustom [our selves] 
g from our tender.  in our tender [years.]  
Old age is more slow 
h to every instruction, or to learn any thing.  to all discipline.  
Doers and consenters are punished with like punishment.  

i The undoing or fall.  The destruction of one [man] is 
k the rising or making.  the riches of 
* of another.  another [man.]  
The riches of one [man] are the 
l undoing.  spoils of another [man.]  
Another life 
m another manner. , another way of living, [that is A new course of living is a new life, [or, An other trade of life, another course of living.]  
A true friend is a great treasure.  
Friends are known in 
n adversity.  adverse things.  
True love 
o knoweth.  hath known to have no measure.  
A mind accustomed 
p to troubles.  to hard things 
q is less offended.  is offended less.  
The mind of every man is revealed by [his] speech.  
Art 
r doth travel.  doth labour about the help of fortune.  
An ass 
s had liefer have.  will rather have 
t straws.  straw then gold.  
Gold hath persuaded oft times many [men] 
u unhappily.  ill [or amiss.]   

B  

x Excellent.  Egregious learning is 
y the stay or little staff.  the staff of life.  
A benefit bestowed upon thankful full [men] is wont to be 
z lent to usury, or to come home with gain.  put to usury.  
It is better to be 
a an honest poor man, than a wicked rich man.  a poor man well, then to wax rich evilly.  
The City [is] most blessed, which 
b is governed by.  is ruled of wise men.  
Good laws are 
c made, begun or enacted.  procreated of evil manners.  

d That which is done well.  What thing is done well to good men, doth not perish [or is not lost.]  
Evil speeches 
e do nothing hurt.  do wound good men nothing.  
Good [men] do come 
f willingly.  of their own accord, to the feasts of good [men.]   

C  
The dog 
g doth annoy, or envy, or bark against.  doth trouble always a poor stranger.  

h The bitch making haste.  The hasty bitch doth bring forth blind whelps.  
An old dog cannot be 
i acquainted, or taught to lead.  accustomed to the chain.  
Those things [are] more certain which are seen, than which are heard.  

k What thing is  What is said 
l we are not to believe rashly.  is not to be believed quickly [or rashly.]  
Wise men do hide their 
m household evils, or evils at home.  domestical evils.  
We must take heed of him who hath 
* put unto us, beguiled, or circumdented.  deceived [us] once.  
Whatsoever 
n is gotten.  is prepared by wage, is 
o more precious.  more dear.  
Thou mayest overcome better by counsel then by 
p anger, or chase.  angriness.  
There is not need of consultation, 
q after the deed done.  the thing being finished.  
Counsel is to be asked 
r men skilful & experienced.  of [men] able to give counsel, and wise.  

s Familiarity.  Custom [or familiar acquaintance] is to be had with good men.  

t Thou mayest be willing, or thou hadst rather  Thou wilt rather [thy] body 
u to be grieved.  to be affected with grief, then [thy] mind.  
It is 
x a hard thing.  a difficult thing 
y to change or amend.  to correct an evil nature.  

z Thou taking a journey.  Thou being about to go [a journey] do not use 
a a lewd companion.  a wicked companion at any time.  
Custom is 
b most potent or available.  most mighty always in all things.  
Care 
c doth avail most of all.  prevaileth very much in every thing.  
Strife is not 
d to be begun.  to be taken up with a friend having deserved well.  
He hath no friend 
e who is in adversity.  to whom fortune is adverse, [or against him.]   

D  
It is the chiefest wisdom 
f to play the fool or seem foolish.  to dote in place, [that is] at sometimes.]  

g differing manners do follow.  Differing studies do follow 
h unlike or diverse.  differing manners.  

i They that disagree.  [Men] disagreeing are overcome easily, [men] agreeing not easily.  
No man is loved, but to whom fortune 
* is second, or who is in prosperity.  is prosperous.  
It is a hard thing to feign a jest, with 
k a sad or heavy mind.  a sorrowful mind.  
He is a rich man, who thinketh nothing to be wanting unto him.  
Riches are gotten by labour, they 
l vanish, or are lost or consumed.  perish by prodigality, [or by spending above our compass and vainly.]  
That which is 
m of equal value, or an equal recompense.  equivalent is not rendered, [or restored] to the Gods, parents, 
n Masters.  schoolmasters.  
A true friend is a thing hard to be found.  
Thou being rich shalt remember 
o to do good to.  that thou mayest profit 
p the little poor ones.  the silly poor.  
Learning is vain 
q without reason.  unless reason shall come unto it, [or bejoined unto it.]  

r A portion.  A dowry doth not make a happy marriage, but virtue.  
It is a hard thing to leave those things to which 
s thou hast been accustomed.  thou hast accustomed [thy self] long.  
Every one makes words [or speaks] 
t concerning his own matters.  of his own matters.  

u Sith that.  Whilst 
x I cannot.  it is not lawful 
y as I look for, or wish.  as I expect, I live 
z as I may.  as I can.  
Thou shalt condemn no man 
* his cause not being known.  the cause not being known.  
The virtue of the parents is a great 
a portion.  dowry.  
The mice do dance 
b whilst the cat sleepeth.  whilst the cat doth sleep.  
Riches are given now 
c to none but.  to no man, except to rich [men.]  
It is 
d a harder thing.  more difficult to bear happy [fortune] [or prosperity] then adverse fortune [or adversity.]  
A poor man learned, 
e is preferred.  is put before a rich man unlearned.   

E  
A great thing 
f doth spring, or grow.  doth rise from a little beginning.  
A wise man doth 
g reform.  amend his own [fault,] 
h by the vice.  by the fault of another man.  
We ourselves are made 
i more heedy.  more wary, 
* of the  by the 
k errors, or slips.  faults of others.  
It is a banishment to a man, there where he liveth little, [or nothing] 
l fitly, or profitably.  commodiously.  
It is 
m a choice, or rare virtue.  an excellent virtue to perform silence 
n in businesses.  in matters, [or to be silent in weighty matters.]  

* A sword point.  A sword doth wound the body: but speech [doth wound] the mind.  

o We.  We ourselves do not acknowledge 
p our own errors, or slips.  our faults.   

H  
It is 
q the duty, or wisdom.  [the part] of a valiant man to contemn a false 
r slander, or reproach.  infamy.  
It is the part of a valiant mind not to be troubled greatly 
s in adversity.  in adverse things.  
Any man doth 
t advise, consult, or ask counsel.  give counsel more easily to others, then to himself.  
The discommodities of fortune, 
u do not trouble a wise man.  do move a wise man nothing.  
The companions 
x of hasting, or making haste.  of haste, are error and repentance.  
He is wise happily, who is wise by an others man's 
y danger.  peril.  

z He may find.  He shall find 
a a staff.  a club easily, who 
b desireth.  coveteth to beat a dog.  
A word 
c passeth forth or escapeth us.  doth fly out easily: 
d yet.  notwithstanding, 
e it doth not return.  it returneth never.  

f Prosperity.  Prosperous fortune doth destroy whilst it flattereth.  
He is most happy to whom nothing of evil, [or no evil thing] 
g chanced or fallen out.  hath happened in his life.  
[Thou art] happy, whosoever dost learn by the grief of an other [man] to be able 
h to be free from  to want thine own.  
It is an easy thing to overcome [a man] absent who doth not resist.  
He is wise 
i to no purpose  in vain, who is not wise 
* for himself.  to himself.   

G  
A cock can do very much in [or upon] his own dunghill.  
Virtue coming from a fair body is 
k more pleasing.  more acceptable.   

H  
It is the best revenge to overcome an enemy 
l by kindnesses or good turns.  by benefits.  

m The meant estate.  The low fortune [or condition] is more safe than 
n the high.  the lofty.  
The 
o heritage.  inheritance of a 
* of fame.  good name is more honest 
p than [the inheritance] of riches.  then of riches.  

q The guessing at.  The conjecture 
r of the human mind.  of man's mind is difficult.  
A covetous man doth hasten all things whatsoever he doth.  
Calm waters have also their 
al. trouble or danger.  tranquillity [or calmness.]  

s The goodness.  The honesty of the master doth make also the family better.   

I  
There is 
t an ancient contention.  old war between the mother in law and the daughter in law.  
Things 
u unlooked for.  unhoped for, do fall out more often then [those things] which 
x thou hopest for.  thou canst hope for.  
Famous wits 
y have wanted never.  have never wanted 
a enviers or followers for vain glory.  emulatours.  
[He] who beareth a yoke 
b willingly.  willingly, doth make it light.  
The day itself [is] sometime 
c friendly as a parent or mother.  a parent, sometimes a stepmother, [or unlucky as a stepmother.]  
Hide thy 
c unhappiness, mishap or misery.  infelicity, lest thou make [thy] enemy's 
d to rejoice.  merry [or joyful.]  

e Huge wealth.  very great riches are not 
f prepared.  gotten without 
g deceit.  fraud.  
Ingratitude doth 
h embrace or contain.  comprehend all vices in itself.  
Discommodity is always 
i goeth with.  a companion of commodities.  
We are 
k full of eyes or sharp sighted.  quick sighted by nature, into other folk's vices, not into our own.  
Thou 
l commanding.  ruling anger shalt live a 
m most strong, healthful, or comfortable.  most able, [or healthful] life.  
It is 
n feeble, or languishing.  a saint thing, every where to apply [ourselves] to divers things.  
There is need of good counsel in evil things.  
A friend is known 
o in adversity.  in adverse things.  

p We are not to sleep, or be negligent.  We are not to slumber in a dangerous business.  

q It is a sign of one that doteth  It is [the part] [of a man] doting, to wish impossible things unto himself.  

r Shame.  Shame fastness is unprofitable, when necessity doth 
s compel, or enforce.  urge.  
It behoveth us to bring a buyer, 
t of ourselves, or to seek out a buyer.  of our own accord, 
u to merchandise.  to ware 
x unmeet to be sold.  unsaleable.  
The time 
y doth declare.  doth show friends, as the fire [doth show] the gold.  
An envious man doth 
z pine away, or fret away.  wax lean at the 
a plenty, or abundance.  fat things, [or prosperity] of another man.   

L  
Strifes are wont to take away the 
b peace, or quietness.  tranquillity of the mind.  
A longer life, 
c a life somewhat long.  is wont to bring very many discommodities.  
He is praised, not who [hath lived] long, but [he] who hath lived well.  

d Evil gain.  Evil lucre doth bring loss always.  
The 
e sharpness.  edge of the mind doth wax dull, by the 
f excess, or intemperance.  riot of the body.  
It behoveth [a man] to be liberal; but 
g according this faculty, bilitie.  for his ability, [or not beyond his compass.]  
Unless there were 
h lucre.  gain, no man would be evil.  
It is 
i believed, we believe.  credited more willingly to 
k eyed witnesses, them that see.  eye [witnesss] then to 
* eared, or them who hear.  ear witnesses.  
The burden is made light, which is borne well.  
Men are overcome by praise, and pliantness.   

M  
An evil woman is more fierce, than all 
l savage, or cruel.  wild beasts.  
A thrifty matron is not 
m easy to be met with, or found.  met 
n all abroad.  every where.  
A woman is the 
o preservation, overthrow.  health, [or safety,] & calamity of the house.  

p It is the most miserable, etc.  To die with hunger, [is] the most miserable kind of death.  
Evil speeches 
q overthrow, or corrupt.  throw down good manners.  
Thou shalt lose greater things, unless thou shalt 
r keep.  retain less things.  
Many things 
s do chance, or fall out.  do happen to man, which he will not.  

t A mean is best to be had in all things.  The best mean [is] to be had in all things.  
Many good things have fallen out to many besides hope.  
Many men do envy the good thing to others, which themselves do want.  

u The elegancy,  The fineness of the speech is wont 
* to declare the disposition or quality.  to show the habit of the mind.  
He that doth please himself overmuch, doth displease many men.  
It is better by much 
x to look to, or help.  to cure, [or remedy] the beginnings than the end.  

y Naughty company.  Wicked living together, [or familiarity] doth infect good manners.  
Thou shalt know the manners of thy friend; thou shalt not hate [them.]  
All mortal things have many changes.  
Great things do perish by discord: 
z they are increased.  they are strong [or prevail] by concord.  
Every wise and good man, 
* hath hated.  doth hate a lie.  
Idleness doth bring many evils to men.  
It is the greatest 
a commodity.  profit, to know to use poverty.   

N  
Nothing is ours, which may be taken away.  
There is no discord, where there is the same mind.  
Thou mayest not have 
b buying and selling, company, fellowship or familiarity.  commerce, [or traffic] with wicked men.  

c It maketh no matter.  It skilleth not how long thou shalt live, but how well.  

d Punish no man.  Do not thou punish any man, unless thou shalt 
e weigh the matter well.  weigh thoroughly the matter.  
Doc not 
f triumph.  insult over a miserable man: 
g chance.  lot is common.  
A good man 
h is never made rich. , hath never been made rich of a sudden.  
No living creature, no merchandise, is harder to be known then man.  

* It is not to be lived, or we do not live.  Thou must not live that thou mayest eat: but thou must eat, that thou mayest live.  
Wisdom is gotten, not by age, but by wit.  

i Goodness of wit.  Happiness of wit shall not profit thee, except thou shalt exercise it.  
Thou mayest not 
k torment, or disquiet.  vex thine own mind with cares.  
Thou shalt not 
l stir a bad matter.  move an evil 
m ended well.  well hid, [or covered.]  
Nothing is 
n more filthy.  more dishonest, then 
o to contend or brawl.  to make war with a familiar [friend.]  
There is 
p no man at all.  no man of [all] men, in whom there is not 
* something of vice.  some vice.  
It is not a benefit, which is 
q sent forth for profit.  sent into gain, [or which is done for advantage.]  
He maketh 
r no small.  no little gain, who 
s flieth from.  escapeth 
t damage.  loss.  
Do not learn filthiness, neither shalt 
u thou shalt not permit evil to be done.  thou admit it, [or suffer it.]  
Gold doth not 
x set forth, or beautify.  adorn a woman, but good manners.  
Nature hath not given, to women 
y to bear rule over the man.  to rule.  
A woman 
z knoweth nothing.  hath known nothing, beside [that] 
* which she longeth for, or coveteth vehemently.  which she desireth earnestly.  
Nature doth not suffer a woman, 
a to be before, or over men.  to bear rule.  
Nothing is 
* happy.  blessed, 
b of all parts.  of every part.  
Nothing 
c is more common than sorrow, grief or heaviness.  is before sorrow, in the things of mortal men.  

d Thou canst bear.  Thou shalt bear 
e no burden.  no weight, 
f more grievously.  more bitterly than poverty.  

g I advise thee.  I pray [thee] that thou do not 
h credit.  believe all things always to all men.  

i do not devise.  Thou mayest not study to do evil 
* having trusted riches.  trusting to thy wealth.  
Nothing is so 
k heavy.  grievous as poverty.  
Do not thou make haste 
l to be rich.  to wax rich, lest thou 
m soon come to poverty.  be made poor strait way.  
The iniquity [or naughtiness] of manners, doth 
n corrupt.  infect nature 
o altogether, or quite.  plainly.  
There is nothing 
p so heavy.  so grievous, but thou mayest make it friendly.  

q Nothing in the life.  Nothing is better than health in life.  
No man 
r doth look to.  doth care for other men's businesses, so diligently as his own.  
Do not 
s go about that  endeavour [that] which cannot be done.  
Nothing is so 
t hard to be done.  long continuing, [or so hard] which 
u continual sitting by a matter.  assiduity, [or continual diligence] 
x cannot make soft or easy.  cannot soften [or overcome.]  
The night, love, wine 
y do encourage to lewdness.  do persuade filthy things.  
It hurteth no man to have holden his peace: it hurteth [him] to have spoken.  

z The same man cannot.  It is not of the same man, to speak both many things, and fit [or seasonable.]  
Nothing is more odious than 
a the same thing always.  that which is always the same.  
It is a difficult thing to take away the own right 
b from nature.  to nature.  
Fearne 
c meet to be burned.  to be burnt 
d is bred.  doth grow 
e fields unhusbanded.  in neglected fields.  
The 
f ministers.  servants do nothing 
g well.  rightly, unless the master be present.  
All things do not fall out which 
h thou shalt determine.  thou hast determined in thy mind.   

O  
Every thing 
k which is overmuch.  too much, is 
l to be avoided.  to be fled in all things.  

m Trust is to be given, or we are to believe.  Faith [or credit] is to be had rather to the eyes, then to the ears.  

n Things devised.  Things thought of the best of all, do 
* do fall.  fall out the worst oftentimes.  
It behoveth [a man] waxing old, 
* to learn to, or ever to be learning.  to learn something always.  
All 
o very good things.  best things have difficult 
p egresses, or issues.  ends.  
All men 
q do choose rather.  will rather to be better to themselves, then to another man.  
Every thing 
r doth breed. properando.  doth bring forth error, 
al. in preparing.  with making haste.  
Every evil 
s coming up.  growing is 
t suppressed, or prevented.  oppressed, [or stayed] easily.  
All delay, although very little, doth seem 
u the longest.  most long.  
It behoveth 
v to consult or esteem good of, or of good.  to take in good part, that thing which is present, [or which we have.]  

x It is the best to take the fit season.  It shall be the best thing, if any man shall look to the fit time.  

y Thou shalt not take on thee.  Thou shalt not undergo the burden, to which thou art 
z unlike, or unable to bear.  unequal.  
Every 
a vain, not necesary.  superfluous thing, 
b doth spring abroad.  doth flow forth from a full breast.  
Death is 
c the last or uttermost.  the last thing of all things.   

P  
[Those things] are to be borne patiently which cannot be changed.  
The manners of [our] father's are not to be 
a reprehended, or found fault with.  reproved, but to be borne.  
Few [men] are moderate in prosperous things.  
Anger is the worst 
b the worst director.  author 
* of things to be done.  of doing things.  

c A man's own country.  His own country, is most pleasant to every man.  

d We are more wise.  We are wise more for most part after the deed.  
Horns 
e do shoot out of a sudden.  do rush out to rams well fed.  
Anger and 
f lust, or immoderate desire.  covetous desire, are the worst 
* counsellors.  consulters.  
It is better to be envied, 
g then pitied, or in misery.  then miserable.  
Very many things are to be known: but the best things are 
h to be holden.  to be retained.  

i rash, or inconsiderate anger.  Headlong anger is the author of many evils.  

k Medicines are to be used, in the beginning.  Remedies are to be added to an evil breeding, [or beginning.]  

l Beauty.  Faireness of the body is a 
m brittle.  frail good thing.  
It doth appear 
n straightway.  forthwith, what plant 
o will be fruitful.  may be fruitful.  
A little spark being 
p neglected.  contemned, 
q hath caused a most grievous fire.  hath stirred up a most great burning.  
It is 
r a perilous thing.  a dangerous thing, 
s to credit or trust.  to commit himself to the waters.  
There is the chiefest rareness, [or scarcity] 
t of the best things.  of most excellent things.  
It is 
u [the duty.]  the part of a wise man to do nothing rashly.  

x Men of like condition.  Like [men] are gathered together easily with like [men.]  
A good 
y ware.  merchandise 
z doth soon find buyers  doth find a buyer easily.  
Things past may be 
a found fault with.  reprehended: they cannot be 
b amended.  corrected.  
More are overcome 
c by equal, or mild dealing then by roughness. or by equity then force.  by equality, then by hardness.  
It is 
d a goodly thing  a fair thing 
e to know the time.  to know the measure [or manner] of every time.  
It is better to die then to live 
f a dishonest life.  a filthy life.  
Grief shall be 
g eased.  cured rightly by 
* pleasing and sweet words.  pleasant words.  
It is a good thing, 
h to keep a measure.  to put a measure to anger and to pleasure.  
It is better 
i to be poor.  to need, then to wax rich 
k from or by wickedness.  of wickedness.  
It is better 
l to hold a man's peace.  to hold the peace, then to speak 
m things unbeseeming.  undecent things.  
One eye witness is of more 
n price or value.  [worth,] then ten care witnesses.  
The tongue doth kill more than the sword.  
Nothing is 
Al. clean.  pleasant, to a troubled heart.  
A fat belly doth not beget 
o a dull head, or little wit.  a thin sense [or wit.]  
The smoke of our country is, 
* more full of light, more clear or shining.  more bright than another man's fire.  
Every man dare do more at home, than abroad.  
Eyes do see more than an eye.  
Good deeds, 
p do spring forth or issue out.  do flow out from good minds.  
It is [his] country to a man, wheresoever he doth [or liveth] happily.  
He is a poor man, not who hath little, but who 
q is always coveting more.  coveteth more.  

r Naughty company.  Perverse fellowships do bear evil fruit.  
Shamefastness being lost, all virtue 
s doth rush down or decay of a sudden.  doth fall down, [or come to nothing.]  
Things past do compel us to have 
t a reason, or consideration.  a regard of things to come.  
It is 
u a fair thing.  a goodly thing 
* to commute, to do good for evil.  to change injuries into favour.  
It doth hurt 
x boys.  children to drink wine.   

Q  
That which is taken up suddenly, is not 
a not continuing, or durable.  long lasting.  

b Those things which are seen.  What things are seen, are more certain than what are heard.  
What thing any man loveth vehemently, he cannot 
c be forgetful of that.  forget that.  
Thou thyself shalt not do that, 
d which thou blamest others for.  which thou turnest for a vice to others.  
Whatsoever doth happen besides hope, 
e depute, or account that thing to be gained.  depute it to be in gain.  
They that do 
* fly often, do shun.  fly labours, do wish holidays.  
Whosoever refuseth labour 
f doth get no good.  doth not bear fruit.  
See often what thou sayest, 
g concerning any man and to whom.  of any man, and to whom.  

h That which many men do, is not good strait way.  That thing is not good forthwith, which many men do.  
What thing [seemeth] good to one [man,] seemeth evil to another [man.]  

i That thing which is not enured.  What thing is not accustomed, [to labour] doth refuse labour.  
[He] who hasteth overmuch, 
k doth absolve later.  doth finish more lately.  
[He] who knoweth not to dissemble, knoweth not 
l to govern.  to bear rule.  
Let him wish nothing more, 
m who hath enough.  to whom that doth happen which is enough.  
[He] who knoweth not himself 
n to do evil.  to sin, will not be corrected.  

o How many evils, doth idleness bring to men?  Idleness doth bring to men very many evils.  

p Thou shalt correct, [or amend] by no labour.  Thou shalt correct by no business [that thing] which is 
* inbredde.  engrafted by nature, [Al. Thou shalt not correct by any business.]  
Every man 
q taketh good heed to, or is careful for.  watcheth to that thing which he earnestly desireth.  
He, who 
r doth place a good turn upon an ungrateful man.  bestoweth a benefit, upon an unthankful man, doth lose 
s his diligence.  his labour.  

t That thing is not easily changed, which is natural.  Whatsoever is natural, that thing is not easily changed.  
He that 
a taketh or seeketh greedily.  catcheth at [or hunteth after] a double commodity 
b together.  at once, 
c is deceived of.  is frustrate of both.  

d No man can shun.  It is lawful to no man to 
e avoid.  shun that thing which is decreed by destinies.  
What thing is done, cannot be made undone.  
What Art every man 
f knoweth.  hath known, let him exercise himself in this, [or Let every man follow the Art which he knoweth.  
[They] who 
g talk of, or vaunt of.  do make report more arrogantly of themselves, have 
h bad neighbours  evil neighbours.  
Those things which thou sufferest 
i worthily.  deservedly, are to be borne 
k lightly, or patiently.  easily.   

R  
A diverse fortune is to be feared, 
l A contrary state.  in things 
m most prosperous, or chiefly prosperous.  especially prosperous.  
[Our] 
n matter, state, or goods.  substance cannot stand sure [or abide] when 
o our expense or laying out.  our cost [or spending] 
p doth exceed.  doth go beyond [our] gain.  
A matter little in the beginning, doth increase into a greater.  
A thing hard to be done, 
q yet or nevertheless.  notwithstanding 
r is brought to pass.  is overcome by continual 
s diligence.  industry.  
The custom 
t of an evil thing.  of a thing not good, is the worst.  
human things are 
u prone, inclined, or turning to.  ready to fall 
v to decay.  to corruption by nature.  
It is an evil thing, to 
x covet greedily  covet many things.  
[He is] a great king, whosoever, if he shall rule well.   

S  

y A friend having compassion.  A compassionate friend, [or a friend suffering with us,] is 
z a comfort.  a solace in miseries.  

a Prosperity.  Prosperous things do make mad, and do destroy unwary [men.]  
Idleness 
b belong to old age.  is of old age, and 
c ease.  rest [is of old age.]  
Wisdom is oftentimes even under 
d an ill favoured, or poor little cloak.  a base cloak.  
Anger 
e ariseth.  is often 
f for small causes.  of most light causes.  
It is not an easy thing, to fly without 
g wings, or pens.  feathers.  

b A clear, or loud cry, or a good name.  A famous cry is 
i the best dowry.  the household stuff, [or instore] of a woman.  

k The best wits lie hid.  The chiefest wits do lie oft times in a secret [place.]  

l Every one.  Every man 
m doth like of.  doth approve his own study especially.  
It is wisdom, to learn of a wise man.  
The tongue ought 
n to be governed  to be ruled, with the chiefest care.  
They are fools, who will not be corrected.  
All fortune is to be overcome by bearing.  
If thou canst not [do] what thou wilt, thou mayest will that thing which thou canst.  
An old man is 
o grievous.  troublesome, to the company of young men.  
There is not any thing more worthy than wisdom.  
A wise man hath all 
p riches.  substance in himself.  
Never 
q bewray, utter, reveal, or betray.  disclose the secrets of [thy] mind.  
It is 
r a reproachful thing.  a dishonest thing to a wise man, to say I have not thought.  

* choice, or picked as out of a flock.  Egregious [or most excellent] virtue hath been envied always 
s of evil men.  to evil [men.]  
An old man doth see many things which 
t he would not.  he will not.  
If thou shalt say what things thou wilt, thou shalt hear what things thou wilt not, [or Thou shalt hear what things thou wilt not, if thou shalt say what thou wilt.]  
Oft times all the people 
u doth suffer punishment for, or satisfy for, or redeem.  doth pay for [or rue] the evil deeds of an evil man.  
A fool is changed 
x like as, or in like manner as.  even as the moon.  
Thou mayest overcome 
y oft times.  often by patience, whom thou shalt not overcome 
z by force.  by violence.  
Things 
a not overcome.  invincible otherwise, may be 
* overcome by fight.  overcome [or conquered] 
b by money alone  by only money.  
It is better 
c to remedy, or help.  to cure the beginnings than the end.  
The 
d fight.  battle 
e of one hand alone.  of a solitary hand, is 
f not valiant.  feeble [or weak.]  
Life is 
g is not pleasant.  unsweet [or unpleasant] without a friendly convictour. [or companion to live with us.]  
No man doth offend 
h by holding his peace, or by silence.  by being silent; by speaking, very often.  

i We all in common.  [We] all do despise in [or commonly] present things.  

k Every man dislikes his own estate.  It doth repent every man of his own lot, [or condition] he doth admire another's man's [lot.]  
We are able [to do] nothing without 
l the help of God  the divine help.  
God 
m doth direct.  doth lead [or guide] always a like man to a like.  
We do embrace very often the worst things, for good things.  
A mind 
n over suspicious.  presaging [or guessing before] overmuch, doth fear always.  
It is better 
o to be silent.  to hold the peace, then 
p to utter.  to speak out 
q things not to be spoken.  things to be kept silent.  
The 
r issue.  event [or end] [is] oftentimes unlike to the counsel.  

s the issue.  The end and going out of a thing, is to be looked to always.   

T  
No time is to be 
t spent unprofitably.  passed over unfruitfully.  
Such things shallbe said to thee, 
u of what sort, or as.  what ones thou thyself shalt say.  
Men 
x do judge at length.  do judge then, 
y when.  where it doth repent now [or when they begin to repent.]  
Time doth bring truth to light.  
A drunken man 
z when he is asleep.  sleeping is not to be stirred up.  
Slowness in doing things, [is] 
a hateful.  odious.  

b Every one.  Every man is had [or accounted] of so great 
c reckoning, or worth.  [price] 
d how much wealth he hath.  how much he hath.  
Every one is made such a one, 
e as they with whom he is familiar.  [as] with what ones he doth [or hath] familiarity.   

V  
Bashfulness is a good sign in a young man.  
Violence doth bring forth hatred: hatred [doth bring forth] dissensions.  

f violence.  Force doth profit nothing, without counsel.  
Where every one hath his treasure, there also he hath his heart.  

g As thou shalt speak, so thou shalt be answered.  As thy speech, shall be, so it shall be answered unto thee.  
The will is to be praised oftentimes, where strength 
h is wanting, or away.  are wanting.  
Will and labour 
i do breed, or invent.  do procreate Arts.  
A woman is 
k inconstant.  variable and mutable always.  
A wife which hath lost chastity, hath lost all things 
l withal.  together.  
We learn 
m the faults.  the vices of wives after marriages.  
Men 
n are catched.  are taken with pleasure, as fishes [are taken] with a hook.  
The only 
o place of refuge, or succour.  refuge in poverty is Art [or skill.]  
Prepare [thy] living 
p from what place soever.  howsoever▪ but not 
q from vice.  of sin, [or by wickedness.]  
Nature hath given 
r a fault.  a vice 
s to every man, or every creature.  to every one created.  
Where any man grieveth, he hath also his hand 
t in the same place.  there.  
Our life is like a bubble 
u on the water.  in the water.  
Cheerfulness, [or pleasantness] of wine 
x doth lessen.  doth diminish 
y the sorrow, or wearisomeness.  the grief of old age.    


a Holy.  Sacred sentences 
b to be taught.  to be propounded, 
c to scholars.  to the learned youth 
d upon the feast days, or holy days.  in the festival days.  


e We are able to do.  We can do nothing without God.  
God doth 
f strictly require  exact the affection of the heart.  
The Lord is wont to be present 
g to men in affliction.  to afflicted [men.]  
All things 
h hang upon.  do depend of God.  

i We must not respect earthly things.  We must not look back to earthly things.  
A tree is known 
k by the fruits.  of the fruits.  

l We must be doing good.  We must work well 
m daily.  continually.  
Our 
n troubles, or crosses.  adversities [are] from God.  

o Covetousness.  Avarice 
p doth cause.  doth bring in forgetfulness of God.  

q We must add nothing.  Nothing is to be added to the word of God.  
All things are to be hoped for 
r from the Lord only.  from the Lord alone.  
The word of God being lost, all things are lost.  

s The salvation.  The health of the soul doth depend of the word of God.  
Covetous [men] 
t do laugh at.  do deride the word of God.  
The Lord doth cast down 
u proud, or presumptuous men.  bold [men.]  
Sin is derived from Adam to us.  

x All things which we need.  All things are given from God which we have need of, [or do need.]  
Man 
y is prone.  is ready to vanity by nature.  

z Help, or succour.  Aid is to be 
a to be looked for.  expected from the Lord.  

b Avarice.  Covetousness doth blind and harden the heart.  
God is the author of all works.   

B  
The blessing of God 
c doth make all things plenteous.  doth make fruitful all things.  
All good things are given 
d to the believer.  to a man believing.  
We are only 
e stewards of our good things.  dispensers of our goods.  
The goodness of God doth 
f shine bright, or appear.  shine out in all things.  

g We must not contend.  We must not war except necessity 
h compelling.  urgeth.  

i Men moving war, are oft overcome first.  The first men moving war, are overcome oftentimes.  
Kingdoms gotten 
k in war.  by war, 
l are overthrown or lost.  do perish in war.  
Good things 
* do come to.  do happen to the godly, by the grace of God.  
Good works 
m do declare, or approve.  do prove faith.  
The blessing of the Lord, doth nourish and 
n uphold.  sustain 
* men believing.  the believers.   

C  
The knowledge of God 
o brings everlasting life.  [is] eternal life.  
All things 
p are made, or do come to pass.  are done by the counsel of God.  
All things are possible 
q to a believer.  to [a man] believing.  
The counsels of God are not changed.  
All good things are 
r given, or imparted.  communicated 
s to [men] believing.  to believers.  

t God dwelleth in Christians.  Christians are the temple of God.  

u love.  Charity is the 
x note, or mark.  badge of believers.  
Charity is 
y the fulfilling.  the fullness of the law.  
[
z No counsel is.  There is] no counsel against the Lord.  
Carnal men do not 
a perceive things belonging to God's kingdom.  see the kingdom of God.  

b Sole confidence, or confidence alone is to be had in God.  Confidence is to be had only in God.  
[He] who hath Christ by faith 
c that which is better than all.  hath all things.  
Christ is 
d the treasure-house.  the treasure of all good things.  
The cross doth follow 
e men confessing the faith.  the confession of faith.  
Glory doth follow the cross, [or sufferings for Christ]  
We must 
f have compassion.  suffer together with all men.  
The cross is the 
g trial, or proving.  trying of faith.  
All things are to be done, with 
h a certain.  a sure conscience.  
Blindness is a punishment of the 
i despising.  contempt of the word of God.  
All things are to be done by counsel 
k painfulness, or diligence.  and industry.  

l All misery.  Every calamity is a punishment of sins.  
Believers do commit all things to God.  

* men believing.  Believers in Christ have eternal life.  
The Church is to be 
g governed.  ruled by concord.  
All power is given to Christ.  
[
h He heareth Christ who etc.  He] who is of the truth, doth hear Christ.  
All creatures do obey Christ.  
The kingdom of Christ shall 
i continue.  endure 
* for an everlasting time.  for ever.  
[There is] no worship of God without faith.  
The counsel of God is 
k immutable.  unchangeable.  
All care [is] to be committed to God.  

l Christ only, or Christ alone.  One Christ doth deliver from death.  
Nothing can be wanting 
m to them that follow.  to [men] following Christ.  

* It is to be done.  We must 
n deal.  do bountifully with our enemies.  

o Greedy desire.  Covetousness of having, is the root of all 
* evil [things]  evils.  

* It is not to be trusted to us. pordered by God.  We must not trust in man.  
The counsels of men are 
p ordered by God.  moderated from God.  
There is no remedy against death   

D  
The will of God is to be looked to in all things.  
God doth help in afflictions.  
God 
q careth for us.  hath the care of us.  
Nothing is to be 
r damned.  condemned rashly.  
A reason [or an account] is 
s to be given.  to be rendered 
t of every idle word.  of an idle word.  
God doth amend us 
u by affliction.  by the cross.  
God is 
x the spring or cause.  the fountain of all good things.  
God doth help 
y his children speedily, or of a sudden.  his suddenly.  
God alone [is] the searcher of the hearts.  

z Every thing is possible.  Nothing is not possible, [or is impossible] to God.  
God is 
a the maker.  the builder of all things.  
God doth 
b help.  succour in time.  

* Only God.  God alone is eternal.  
God 
c is known.  is acknowledged by faith▪  
God [is] the hope of faithful [men.]  
Nothing is 
d secret.  hid to God.  
All things 
e are manifest.  lie open to God.  
God doth 
f guide.  rule all things.  
Every doctrine [is] to be 
g tried.  proved.  
God 
h hath set under.  hath subdued all things to man.  
God doth not respect persons.  
God doth see, and doth hear all things.  
The counsels of God are 
i hidden from us.  hid to us.  
We must obey God more than men.  
God 
k hath reserved.  hath kept all things 
l for himself.  to himself alone.  
Nothing [is] to be added to the commandments of God.  
Riches 
m do come to us, or fall out.  do happen by the blessing of God.  
God doth deliver his, 
n in the time appointed.  in his own time.  
The rich [man] & the poor man, are made of God.  
Where God is not, there [is] nothing.  

o Man's subtlety.  human subtlety 
p can conceal.  can hide God nothing, [or can hide nothing from God.]  
God 
q being an adversary.  being against us, all creatures are against us.  
God will not 
r have men.  men to be idle.  
The covetous desire of riches 
s doth draw us from God.  doth lead away [men] from God.  
God doth feed and 
t preserve us.  keep us 
u above.  beyond our care.  
God is 
x a spiritual nature.  a spirit, and 
y to be worshipped.  to be adored in spirit.  
The works and counsels of God are 
z not to be searched out.  unsearchable.  

a God doth remit sins alone, and freely.  God alone and freely doth remit sins.  
God doth work all good works in us.  
God doth 
b warn.  admonish by his word, before he do punish.  
God doth correct, but not cast away his.   

E  
A man 
c exalting, or lifting up.  extolling himself shall be humbled.  
The examples of many men are not to be imitated. 
* shallbe brought low.   

d Outward things, or without a man.  external things do not defile the man.  
[Those things] 
e come to pass.  fall out, not which we 
f institute.  appoint, but which  
God hath 
g determined.  decreed.  
It is blindness to care for outward things, the inward things being 
h not regarded.  neglected.  
The 
i amendment.  amending of [our] life is by the law of God.  
Foolishness [is] a punishment of drunkenness.   

F  
Nothing is wanting 
k to the faithful.  to faithful men.  
The world hateth the faithful.  

l Rage.  Fury 
m doth mar.  doth deprave the judgements.  
Faith is the gift of God.  
Faith 
n alone.  only doth justify, [or make us to stand justified, or just in God's sight.]  
Faith is given 
o without any desert.  freely.  
God doth 
p regard.  respect faith.  
Works are the signs of faith.  
Faith maketh the sons of God.  
Faith is 
q is tried.  proved in adversity.  
The death of the faithful is life.  

r God cares for faithful men.  Faithful [men] are a care to God.  
The faithful 
s have enough.  are satisfied in the time of 
t hunger, or dearth.  famine.  
Faith 
u doth rest upon.  doth lean upon the word of God.  

x the carking care.  The care 
y of things to come.  of future things is unprofitable to us.  
The faithful do not perish 
z for lack of food.  with hunger.  
True faith cannot be 
a unfruitful.  idle.  

b Every man's faith.  The faith of every one is known 
c of his fruits.  by fruits.   

G  
Glory is to be given to God, not 
d to ourselves.  to us.  
God doth hear 
e the groan, or mournings.  the sighs of the oppressed.  

f Overmuch talk.  Prattling is not without sin.  
Prattling is 
g a sign.  an argument of foolishness and 
h of lying.  of a lie.  
God doth promise good things by grace 
i to them not yet borne.  to [men] not yet borne.   

H  
God doth lift up 
k the lowly.  the humble.  
We must not 
l trust in man.  trust to man.  
All things do serve man.  

m Humility doth please God.  God will have humility.  
The life of man is a warfare.  
Honour 
n it belongs only to God, or comes only from God.  is of God alone.  

Al. Man's endeavours are unprofitable without God.  human endeavours are not unprofitable.  
human comforts do perish.  
Man is a 
o miserable, or subject to calamity.  calamitous living creature▪  
Man is borne 
p to misery.  to to calamity.  
Man doth receive all things from God.  
God doth give his gifts 
q to the humble.  to humble [men.]  
Men are governed by wisdom; not by their strength.  
God 
r doth bring down.  doth humble all high things.  
The heart of man [is] 
* evil.  wicked, of the one nature.  
human reason doth not acknowledge God.  
Man is 
s the cause of his own misery.  the author of calamities, to his own self.  
[It is] the best revenge, to overcome an enemy 
t by deserving well.  by a benefit.   

I  
The judgements of God are unsearchable.  
Disobedience displeaseth God.  
It is 
u dangerous.  a perilous thing to judge others.  
Infidelity 
x doth make all things unclean, or impure.  doth defile all things.  
We must judge after the cause known.  
The counsels of 
y impious men.  ungodly men do not 
z prosper.  succeed.  

a unbelief.  Incredulity is the root of all sins.  
Wicked men 
b are overthrown by their own devices.  are consumed by their own counsels.  
Wicked men do contemn the gifts of God.  
[
c They who know not.  Men] not knowing the law of God are accursed.  
All things are to be 
d attempted, or taken in hand.  gone unto in the fear of God.  
It is 
e a delight; or pleasure.  a will to wicked men to hurt another man's 
f good name, or credit.  fame.  
We are saved in the name of jesus 
g alone.  only.  
We must not 
h be lazy, or sleepy.  be drowsy in good works.  
What thing 
i an ungodly.  a wicked man doth fear especially, 
k that thing.  [it] doth happen to him.  
All things 
l do fall out.  do give place [or turn] unto evil to ungodly men.   

L  
The living is to be gotten with labour.  
God doth bless liberal men.  
We must labour that we may 
m benefit, or do good to.  profit [our] neighbour.  
The 
n mirth, gladness, rejoicing.  joy of just men doth never perish.  

o Plenty, or multitude.  Store of children [is] the best gift of God.  
Longer life, 
p longer misery.  long continuing calamity.   

M  
We must obey the Magistrate.  

q There is a certain time of death.  The time of death [is] certain.  
Diseases do come from sin.  
Honour is to be 
r given.  exhibited to our 
s elders, or greater.  betters.  
Miracles are not done rashly 
t from God.  of God.  
Evil [men] are to be punished, that good [men] be not hurt.  
The mercy of God is the beginning of our 
u health.  salvation.  
The mercy of God is necessary to all [men.]  

Al.x Doth not follow, or seldom  A hard death doth follow a good life.  
[
y They who obey not.  Men] not obeying wholesome admonitions do perish.  
Death hath no 
z power, or authority.  right upon the believers.  
An evil Magistrate is given to an evil people.  
Evil is not 
a put away by any other means.  driven away by an other means then by good.  
God doth use evil [men] as instruments.   

N  
We must not judge rashly.  
No evil 
b will be unpunished.  [is] unpunished.  
Nothing is worse than 
c unthankfulness.  ingratitude.  
We must 
d curse.  speak evil to no man.  
No man [is] without sin.  
No man [is] innocent before God.  
No man [is] borne to himself 
c alone.  only.  
A just [man] doth abuse nothing.  
ungodly [men] 
f do not endure chastisement.  do not bear correction.  
Nothing is more easy then 
g to charge falsely, or deceitfully.  to accuse maliciously.  
No Prophet [is] accepted in [his own] country.  
The number of the people of God [is] 
h the smallest.  the fewest.  
We can do nothing of ourselves.  
Nothing is more 
i pernicious.  pestilent than evil doctrine.  
God doth not forget his.  
Nothing is more blind than the heart 
k of an ungodly man.  of a wicked man.  
God 
l doth stay for, or regard.  doth pass for [or esteem] 
m no external thing.  no outward thing.  
Thou hast not begun well enough, unless thou persever.   

O  
God doth 
n detest.  curse idleness.  
We all are sinners.  
All the works of men [are] 
o unclean.  unpure.  
The workman [is] worthy his meat.  
A new life [is] the best repentance.  

p The lust, or feru'ent desire.  The concupiscence of the eyes doth deceive.  
All our things 
q are in the hands  are put in the hand of God.  
All things are possible 
r to him that believeth.  to the believer.  
God doth not respect the work, but the mind.  
All things are 
s built.  made for man.  
All things are made by the word of God.  
All things are to be 
t expounded, or construed to the best.  interpreted to the better.  
Opportunity [is] to be observed 
u not no where.  every where.  
Drowsiness of praying [is] 
x an evil sign.  an evil presage.   

P  
God doth cast down the mighty▪  
The Lord 
y doth foster, or make much of.  doth cherish the godly.  
Sin [is] the cause of death.  
Charity 
z doth not think the worst, nor spread heinous sins.  doth cover sins.  
The punishment of ungodly [men] [is] eternal.  
We ought to obey our parents.  
The memory of godly [men] [is] eternal.  
God doth revenge the poor.  
Sins are not 
a blotted out, or abolished.  put out by works.  
Sweet things are 
b reserved.  kept to godly men with bitter things.  
All things do fall out 
c to godly men.  to the godly, to good.  
A good prince is given from the Lord.  
Sins are 
d forgiven.  remitted 
e by the grace.  of the grace of God.  
God doth feed his 
f most certainly.  most surely.  
It is a sin which is without faith, or That is a sin which is without faith.]  
There is 
g acceptation.  no acception of persons with God.  

h The hirelings wage, or hire.  The wage is not to be deferred to the poor.  

i Only God.  God alone doth remit sins.  
The world is governed by the providence of God.  
The merciful God is the best inheritance.  

* A boy.  A child doth bring 
k sustenance.  nourishments, with him into the world.   

Q  
He who 
l sueth after.  goeth about more, 
m obtains.  gets less.  
They who 
n endeavour, or attempt.  go about great things, 
o bring nothing to pass.  effect nothing.   

R  
The Commonwealth doth flourish for the godly.  
It shall be 
p given.  rendered to every one according to his deeds.  

q Good counsel.  Right admonitions do make 
r reprobate men, or castaways.  reprobates worse.  
We must use our goods: but we must not 
* trust to them.  trust [in them.]  

* Reprehension let it be.  Let reprehension be without 
s detraction, or evil surmise.  malicious accusation.   

S  
Old age [is] to be 
t honoured.  reverenced.  
God doth destroy the 
u proud men.  proud.  
Evil 
x company.  society [is] to be shunned.  
The success is 
y of God.  from God.  
Pride [is] the destroyer of souls.  
A 
z offence, or any thing whereby another taketh harm.  scandal is not to be given to children.  
Wisdom doth defend; not weapons.  

a The end of seditious men hath never been happy.  It hath never fallen out happily to seditious men, [or mutinous, or factious men loving discord.]  
No man is saved without faith in Christ.  
No man is wise without the word of God.  
Wise men 
b do endure correction, or take it patiently.  do bear correction.  
Satan cannot hurt, 
c except God do give him leave.  God not permitting.  
God doth make the counsels of wise men 
d frustrate, or vain.  vain.  
human wisdom [is] foolish in the things of God.   

T  
We must be angry slowly.  

e Rest, or quietness.  Tranquillity [is] not to be 
f hoped for.  hoped in this life.  
Men fearing the Lord 
g will live well.  shall live well.  
The will of God [is] good.  
We are nourished 
h by his command or appointment.  by the word of God.  
The will of the Lord [is] stable.  
The Lord doth forbid revenge.  
The truth 
i always will have.  will have always persecutors.  
A good wife is given of the Lord.  

k Let every one look to his own vocation.  His own vocation is to be cared for to every one.  
The contempt of truth [is] the most grievous sin.  

l It is the greatest fortitude, to overcome covetousness, or inordinate desire.  To overcome covetousness [is] the greatest fortitude.    
FINIS.