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¹That is to say, a wise man ordereth his doings well, and with a kind of grace, but because he is among evil tongues, he hath little success. For the detractor cometh, and devoureth and overwhelmeth the good man with his words: for so refer I this word him, to the wise ⟨p. 164⟩man & not to the fool. For the word of the wise that hath in it such grace, is made in effectual through the talk of the fool. If a good and wise man give good counsel, the slanderer and depraver cometh, and overturneth his counsel. So happened it to Paul in the Acts, when he was in shipwreck. Men and brethren (saith he) you ought to have obeyed me, and to have rid it out in Creta. &c. To conclude, the fool devoureth the wise, and the worse side still prevaileth

¹THat is to say, a wise man ordereth his doinges well, and with a kynde of grace, but because he is amonge euill tounges, he hath litle successe. For the detractor commeth, and deuoureth and ouerwhelmeth ye good mā with his words: for so referre I this worde him, to ye wise ⟨p. 164⟩man & not to ye foole. For the word of the wyse that hath in it such grace, is made in effectuall through the taulke of ye foole. If a good and wise man geue good counsell, the slaunderer and deprauer cōmeth, and ouerturneth his counsell. So happened it to Paule in ye Actes, when he was in shippwracke. Menne and bretherne (sayth he) you ought to haue obeyed me, and to haue ryd it out in Creta. &c. To conclude, the foole deuoureth ye wyse, and the woorse syde still preuaileth