Proverbs 31:1-9 The wordes of king Lamuel, and the lesson that his mother taught him

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ The wordes of king Lamuel, and the lesson that his mother taught him ² What my sonne? what the sonne of my body? and what O my deare beloued sonne ³ Geue not ouer thy strength & wayes vnto women, which are the destruction euen of kynges ⁴ O Lamuel, it is not for kynges, it is not [I say] for kynges to drynke wine, nor princes strong drynke ⁵ Lest they by drnkyng forget the lawe, and peruert the iudgement of all poore mens children ⁶ Geue strong drynke vnto such as are redy to perishe, and wine vnto those that mourne ⁷ That they may drynke it, and forget their miserie and aduersitie ⁸ Be thou an aduocate for the dumbe, [to speake] in the cause of all such as be succourlesse in this transitorie worlde ⁹ Open thy mouth, defende the thyng that is lawfull and ryght, and the cause of the poore and helpelesse