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 128. I counsel thee, Lodfafner, To take advice; Thou wilt profit, if thou takest it. Wherever of injury thou knowest, Regard that injury as thy own; And give to thy foes no peace.

129. I counsel thee, Lodfafner, To take advice; Thou wilt profit, if thou takest it. Rejoiced at evil Be thou never, But let good give thee pleasure.

130. I counsel thee, Lodfafner, To take advice; Thou wilt profit, if thou takest it. In a battle Look not up, (Like swine      The sons of men then become), That men may not fascinate thee.

131. If thou wilt induce a good woman To pleasant converse, Thou must promise fair, And hold to it: No one turns from good, if it can be got.

132. I enjoin thee to be wary, But not over-wary; At drinking be thou most wary, And with another's wife; And thirdly, That thieves delude thee not.

133. With insult or derision Treat thou never A guest or wayfarer; They often little know,