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lesser degree* guardeth the bindingsf thereof; therefore it behoveth him 
that learneth knowledge to propitiate the angels both of the higher and 
lower degree,! for they love him that doth this. 
14. According as the ox cherisheth man and bringeth him wealth, so 
let him love him as a parent and respect him. 
15. Whosoever eateth of the flesh of the ox the same is called the 
devourer of his own mother’s flesh : if an ox die it is meet that he be given 
to the birds of the air§ or unto the waters.|| 
16. He that learneth on the fifth day of the week will be complete 
in knowledge : he that learneth on the first or sixth day will leave undone 
a part thereof : lie that learneth on the second or fourth day will obtain 
none of it^[: and he that learneth on the third or last day of the week will 
die. 
17. There is that sayeth that he that learneth knowledge on the 
eighth day of the waxing or the waning moon killeth the teacher, and that 
he that teacheth knowledge on the fourteenth day of the waxing or the 
waning moon killeth the scholar : also there is that sayeth that if know¬ 
ledge be taught on the tenth day of the waxing or the waning moon it 
will be destroyed, and that if it be taught to any at the full moon his pa¬ 
rents will be slain. 
18. In the world he that learneth knowledge eateth not of the cocoa- 
nut on the seventh day of the waxing and the waning moon: on the 
ninth day also he eateth not of the gourd, neither of the kenbeng on the 
twelfth day, nor on the third day of the divers kinds of curries : if he eat 
of these his knowledge will be lost. 
19. In the world a man is renounced for the profit of his family : a 
family for the profit of the village : a village for the profit of the city : 
and the whole world for the profit of a man.** 
20. In the world the lion, the good man and the elephant, these leave 
the place that is not for their advantage and go their way ; but the crow, 
the bad man, and the deer, these come to destruction in the place where 
they find delight. 
21. In whatsoever place there is none to love and none to desire, 
there is no friend and none to teach : tarry thou not there. 
22. The wise man goeth to the new place with a watchful mind as 
one that goeth forward, and remaineth in the old place with a constant 
* Or a Pisana. 
t Or lag. 
I Or both the Brahmas and the Pisanas. 
\ Or the Vultures. 
|| Or that he float on the water. 
If Or be of a calm mind. 
** Or self. 
