1Betere is a drie mussel with ioye, than an hous ful of sacrifices with chidyng. 2A wijs seruaunt schal be lord of fonned sones; and he schal departe eritage among britheren. 3As siluer is preued bi fier, and gold is preued bi a chymnei, so the Lord preueth hertis. 4An yuel man obeieth to a wickid tunge; and a fals man obeieth to false lippis. 5He that dispisith a pore man, repreueth his maker; and he that is glad in the fallyng of another man, schal not be vnpunyschid. 6The coroun of elde men is the sones of sones; and the glorie of sones is the fadris of hem. 7Wordis wel set togidere bisemen not a fool; and a liynge lippe bicometh not a prince. 8A preciouse stoon moost acceptable is the abiding of hym that sekith; whidur euere he turneth hym silf, he vndurstondith prudentli. 9He that helith trespas, sekith frenschipis; he that rehersith bi an hiy word, departith hem, that ben knyt togidere in pees. 10A blamyng profitith more at a prudent man, than an hundryd woundis at a fool. 11Euere an yuel man sekith stryues; forsothe a cruel aungel schal be sent ayens hym. 12It spedith more to meete a femal bere, whanne the whelpis ben rauyschid, than a fool tristynge to hym silf in his foli. 13Yuel schal not go a wei fro the hous of hym, that yeldith yuels for goodis. 14He that leeueth watir, is heed of stryues; and bifor that he suffrith wrong, he forsakith dom. 15Bothe he that iustifieth a wickid man, and he that condempneth a iust man, euer ethir is abhomynable at God. 16What profitith it to a fool to haue richessis, sithen he mai not bie wisdom? He that makith his hous hiy, sekith falling; and he that eschewith to lerne, schal falle in to yuels. 17He that is a frend, loueth in al tyme; and a brother is preuyd in angwischis. 18A fonned man schal make ioie with hondis, whanne he hath bihiyt for his frend. 19He that bithenkith discordis, loueth chidingis; and he that enhaunsith his mouth, sekith fallyng. 20He that is of weiward herte, schal not fynde good; and he that turneth the tunge, schal falle in to yuel. 21A fool is borun in his schenschipe; but nether the fadir schal be glad in a fool. 22A ioiful soule makith likinge age; a sorewful spirit makith drie boonys. 23A wickid man takith yiftis fro the bosum, to mys turne the pathis of doom. 24Wisdom schyneth in the face of a prudent man; the iyen of foolis ben in the endis of erthe. 25A fonned sone is the ire of the fadir, and the sorewe of the modir that gendride hym. 26It is not good to brynge in harm to a iust man; nether to smyte the prince that demeth riytfuli. 27He that mesurith his wordis, is wijs and prudent; and a lerud man is of preciouse spirit. 28Also a foole, if he is stille, schal be gessid a wijs man; and, if he pressith togidre hise lippis, he `schal be gessid an vndurstondynge man.