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Chapter 29
Sira Wycliffe 29:1  He that doith merci, leeneth to his neiybore; and he that is ful myyti in hond, kepith the comaundementis.
Sira Wycliffe 29:2  Leene thou to thi neiybore in the tyme of his nede; and eft yelde thou to a neiybore in his tyme.
Sira Wycliffe 29:3  Conferme thou a word, and do thou feithfuli with hym; and in al tyme thou schalt fynde that, that is nedeful to thee.
Sira Wycliffe 29:4  Many men gessiden borewyng as fyndyng, and yauen disese to tho men that helpiden hem.
Sira Wycliffe 29:5  Til thei taken, thei kissen the hondis of the yyuer; and in biheestis thei maken meke her vois.
Sira Wycliffe 29:6  And in the time of yelding he schal axe tyme, and he schal speke wordis of anoie, and of grutchingis, and he schal calenge falsli the tyme.
Sira Wycliffe 29:7  Forsothe if he mai yelde, he schal be aduersarie; of a schilling vnnethis he schal yelde the half, and he schal rekyn that as fyndyng.
Sira Wycliffe 29:8  Ellis he schal defraude him in his monei, and the leenere schal haue him an enemy with outen cause.
Sira Wycliffe 29:9  And he schal yelde to hym, that is, to the leenere, wrongis and cursyngis; and for onour and benefice he schal yelde to hym dispisyng.
Sira Wycliffe 29:10  Many men lenten not `to pore neiyboris, not for cause of wickidnesse, but thei dredden to be defraudid with outen cause.
Sira Wycliffe 29:11  Netheles on a meke man in soule be thou strongere; and for almes drawe thou not hym.
Sira Wycliffe 29:12  For the comaundement of God take thou a pore man; and for his nedynesse leeue thou not hym voide.
Sira Wycliffe 29:13  Leese thou monei for a brother and frend, and hide thou not it vndur a stoon, in to perdicioun.
Sira Wycliffe 29:14  Putte thi tresour in the comaundementis of the hiyeste; and it schal profite to thee more than gold `schal profite.
Sira Wycliffe 29:15  Close thou almes in the bosum of a pore man; and this almes schal preye for thee `to be delyuered of God fro al yuel.
Sira Wycliffe 29:16  The almes of a man is as a bagge with hym; and it schal kepe the grace of man as the appil of the iye.
Sira Wycliffe 29:17  And aftirward it schal rise ayen, and schal yelde to hem a yelding, to ech man in to the heed of hem.
Sira Wycliffe 29:18  Aboue a scheld of the myyti man, and aboue a spere it schal fiyte ayens thin enemye.
Sira Wycliffe 29:19  A good man makith feith to his neiybore; and he that leesith, schal leeue schame to hym.
Sira Wycliffe 29:20  Foryete thou not the grace of the borewe; for he yaf his lijf for thee.
Sira Wycliffe 29:22  A synnere arretteth to hym silf the goode wordis of the borowe; and the vnkynde man in wit forsakith a man delyuerynge hym.
Sira Wycliffe 29:23  A man biheetith for his neiybore; and whanne `the neiybore hath lost reuerence, the borew schal be forsakun of hym.
Sira Wycliffe 29:24  Worst biheest hath lost many louynge men, and hath moued hem as the wawis of the see.
Sira Wycliffe 29:25  It goynge in cumpas made myyti men to passe ouer; and thei wandriden aboute among alien folkis.
Sira Wycliffe 29:26  A synnere brekynge the comaundement of the Lord schal falle in to a wickid biheest; and he that enforsith to do many thingis, schal falle in to dom.
Sira Wycliffe 29:27  Rekiuere thi neiybore bi thi vertu; and take heed to thi silf, lest thou falle.
Sira Wycliffe 29:28  The bigynnyng of lijf of a man is watir, and breed, and clothing, and hous hilynge filthe.
Sira Wycliffe 29:29  Betere is the lijflode of a pore man vndur the hilyng of sparris, than schynynge feestis in pilgrymage with outen hous.
Sira Wycliffe 29:30  The leeste thing pleese thee for a greet thing; and thou schalt not here the schenschipe of pilgrymage.
Sira Wycliffe 29:31  It is wickid lijf to seke herbore fro hous in to hous; and where he schal be herborid, he schal not do tristili, nethir he schal opene the mouth.
Sira Wycliffe 29:32  He schal be herborid, and he schal feede, and yyue drinke to vnkynde men; and yit he schal here bittir thingis.
Sira Wycliffe 29:33  Passe, thou that art herborid, and araye a table; and yyue thou meetis to othere men, tho thingis that thou hast in the hond.
Sira Wycliffe 29:34  Go thou out fro the face of the onour of my frendis, for the frendschipe, ethir affinyte, of myn hous; bi herboryng thou art maad a brother to me.
Sira Wycliffe 29:35  These thingis ben greuouse to a man hauynge wit; the repreuyng of hous, and the dispising of the vsurer.