As a dog that turneth again to his spewing [or As an hound that turneth again to his vomit]; so is an unprudent man, that rehearseth his folly.
Soothly Pharaoh saw that rest was given, and he made grievous his heart, and he heard not them, as the Lord commanded.
And thou shalt say, They beat me, but I had not sorrow; they drew me, and I feeled not; when shall I wake out, and I shall find wines again?
Doom determineth causes; and he that setteth silence to a fool, assuageth ires [or wraths].
Though thou poundedest a fool in a mortar, as with a pestle smiting above dried barley, his folly shall not be done away from him.
For why all boards were filled with spewing and filths, so that there was no more place.
Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits worse than himself; and they enter [in], and dwell there. And the last things of that man be made worse than the former. So it shall be to this worst generation.
For that very proverb befelled to them, The hound turned again to his vomit, or casting, and a sow is washed in wallowing in fen [or in clay].