CHAPTER X.

DEAD ¹flies cause the │ ONE of a swarm of blow-flies ointment of the apothecary to │ tainting corrupts the send forth a stinking savour: │ confectioner’s conserve, and _so doth_ a little folly him │ esteemed above reason and above that is in reputation for │ reputation too is of false wisdom _and_ honour. │ prudence――just a little. │ ¹ _Hebrew_ Flies of death. │

X. (1.) =Flies of death= (זבוב, occurs Isaiah vii. 18 only, as an emblem of the Egyptian plague) =cause to stink= (singular, _i.e._ a single blow-fly out of many will do this, see Proverbs xiii. 5 for the only other instance of future hiphil), and =cause to belch out= (Psalms lix. 7, Proverbs xv. 2, _i.e._ with putrefaction) =the oil= (see