Item Cormac ad Carpre.
- Do not contend with a king,
do not forgather with a fool,
do not associate with a marauder,
5] do not fraternize with an evil-doer,
do not buy from the seven imbeciles according to the law of the Irish,
viz. from a woman, from a caitiff, from a drunken person, from a buffoon, from a madman, from a superior,
from a ... ,
do not race against a wheel, nor against the cast of a
10] spear, nor up a great height, nor against the surf of the sea, nor against danger, nor a lance,
do not join in blasphemy,
be not the laughing-stock of an assembly,
be not sorrowful in an alehouse,
be not forgetful of an assignation,
15] do not be indocile,
do not be a wrangler against truth,
take no cognizance of falsehood,
do not be the servant of robbers,
do not be a leader in strife,
20] do not be a bush of discord,
do not lend your lips to every one,
do not promise what you have not,
be not fond of buying lest you be encumbered by debts,
be no fighter lest you be disgraced,
25] be not contentious lest you be hateful,
be no wrangler lest you get your head broken,
be not rough lest you become ungainly,
be not quarrelsome lest you be ... ,
be not an absentee lest you become negligent,
30] be not hard lest you become churlish,
be not too generous lest you be left stranded,
be not lazy lest you become enfeebled,
do not bustle too much lest you become vile,
be not cantankerous lest you become unsociable,
35] do not become a guarantor for any one lest your neighbour ...