Wycliffe - Sirach - 26

26:1  The hosebonde of a good womman is blessid; for whi the noumbre of her yeeris is double.

26:2  A strong womman delitith hir hosebonde; and shal fille in pees the yeeris of his lijf.

26:3  A good womman is a good part; in the good part of hem that dreden God, sche schal be youun to a man for goode dedis.

26:4  Forsothe the herte of a riche man and of a pore man is good; in al tyme her cheer is glad.

26:5  Myn herte dredde of thre thingis, and my face dredde in the fourthe thing.

26:6  Bitraiyng of a citee, and the gadering togidere of puple,

26:7  and fals chaleng; alle thingis greuouse on deth.

26:8  The sorewe of herte, and morenyng is a ielouse womman.

26:9  In a gelouse womman is betyng of tunge, and sche comyneth with alle men.

26:10  As a yok of oxis which is mouyd, so and a wickid womman; he that holdith hir, is as he that takith a scorpioun.

26:11  A drunkelew womman is greet ire, and dispisyng; and hir filthe schal not be hilid.

26:12  The fornycacioun of a womman is in the reisyng of yyen; and schal be knowun in the iye liddis of hir.

26:13  Make thou sad kepyng in a douytir not turnynge a wei hir silf; lest sche mysvse hir silf, if sche fyndith occasioun.

26:14  Be thou war of al vnreuerence of hir iyen; and wondre thou not, if sche dispisith thee.

26:15  As a weiegoere thirstynge schal opene the mouth at a welle, and schal drynke of ech watir next; and the forseid douytir schal sitte ayens ech pale, and schal opene the arowe caas ayens ech arowe, til sche faile.

26:16  The grace of a bisi womman schal delite hir hosebonde; and schal make fat hise boonus.

26:17  The kunnyng of hir is the yifte of God.

26:18  A wijs womman and stille is not chaungyng of a lernyd soule.

26:19  Grace on grace is an hooli womman, and schamfast.

26:20  Forsothe al weiyng is not worth a contynent soule.

26:21  As the sunne risynge in the world in the hiyeste thingis of God, so the fairnesse of a good womman is in to the ournement of hir hous.

26:22  A lanterne schynynge on an hooli candilstike, and the fairnesse of a face on stidfast age.

26:23  Goldun pileris on siluerne foundementis, and stidfast feet on the soolis of a stidfast womman.

26:24  Euerlastynge foundementis on a sad stoon, and the heestis of God in the herte of an hooli womman.

26:25  In twei thingis myn herte was maad sori, and in the thridde thing wrathfulnesse cam to me.

26:26  A man a werriour failynge bi nedynesse, and a wijs man dispisid.

26:27  And God hath maad hym redi to the swerd, that passith ouer fro riytfulnesse to synne.

26:28  Twei spices apperiden harde and perilouse to me; a marchaunt is delyuered of hard fro his necgligence, and a tauerner schal not be iustified of synnes of lippis.