Hebrew Grammar

BROTHER SEBASTIAN MUNSTER TO THE READER.

So that some pages might not remain empty after the preliminary letter, we have added fifty elegant sayings of the wise, or as the Hebrew Hebraismus Hebrew idiom/style has it, Mishlei Proverbs. This is provided in Hebrew only, because the narrowness of the page prevented us from placing the Latin translation alongside it.

An explanation of some of them.

18. To give a loan is the beginning of love, and its end is contention and hatred.
29. As the earth needs rain, so man needs discipline.
30. Man is like an image, and wisdom is its color or decoration. He is like a tree, and wisdom is its fruit.
37. Justice and innocence make a kingdom stand.
39. It is better to be silent and prudent than talkative and foolish, etc.