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Plain text of Twenty-Third Chapter

XCIV.

460 Eat not thou bread in the presence of the Governor,

461 Thus setting thy mouth forward into prominence.

XCV.

462 If thou fillest thyself full of the rich meats of iniquity

463 They will pass back again in thy vomit.

XCVI.

464 Keep thy gaze fixed upon the vessel (platter) which is before thee,

465 Thou must make it to serve all thy needs.

XCVII.

466 Though the Governor may resemble a nobleman in his official position,

467 He may also resemble the sacred crocodiles in the water (in) rapacity and cruelty.