32 And she would take him with her; and wheresoever she did go, there would he also go. And whatsoever seemed good unto her, that did she do unto him.
CHAPTER XIV.
1 Artemas adviseth the damsels and warneth them. 9 Concerning the choice of an husband. 14 And the preparations for his enticement. 18 He cautioneth the hasty. 20 And counselleth flattery. 22 And artifice. 25 He returneth again unto the choice of an husband. 28 Concerning the terrible things.
List not to the words of that man who hath a leaning towards thee, for he knoweth not the things that he doth say.
2 Let not thine head be uplifted by his flattery, or thy spirit grow proud because of his praise.
3 Yea, if he compareth thine eyes to the stars, and thy teeth to a necklet of pearls, and thine ear to a very rare shell, then heed him not, for he lieth.
4 Remember the rooster; it clucketh so to the old brown hen. Nevertheless, the countenance of an hen, being that which it is, hath little of comeliness about it.
5 When a young man cometh unto thee, having buttons a thousand times burnished, think not that he doeth this thing for thy sake.
6 For it may hap that he but seeketh favour with his captain; or, perchance, it is his wife that sendeth him out thus.