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A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…A plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…
A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Proverbs of SolomonA plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon
London: printed by Thomas Haveland for Thomas Man, 1609London: printed by Thomas Haueland for Thomas Man, 1609
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Verse 17. Better is a dinner of green herbs where love is, than a stalled Ox, and hatred therewith.
Verse 17. Better is a dinner of greene hearbes where loue is, than a stalled Oxe, and hatred therewith.
Better] More laudable in the house, and acceptable to the guest: [is a dinner of green herbs] very mean and slender fare: [where love is] where is concord and hearty good will: [than a stalled Ox] than great store of good meat, and all manner of provision that appertaineth to a sumptuous feast: [and hatred therewith] an evil affection, either towards the parties bidden, or one towards another.
BEtter] More laudable in the house, and acceptable to the guest: [is a dinner of greene hearbes] very meane and slender fare: [where loue is] where is concord and hearty good will: [than a stalled Oxe] than great store of good meat, and all manner of prouision that appertaineth to a sumptuous feast: [and hatred therewith] an euill affection, either towards the parties bidden, or one towards another.
Doct. There is best cheer where is best company to eat and drink with. It is said to the same purpose, as it may appear by the force of the argument, in another Proverb, that better is a dry morsel, if peace be with it, than an house full of sacrifices,