A COMPILATION OF TRIADS

MONITORIAL ADVISEMENTS:

1. There are three things which mislead the world:
   1. the promises of masters
   2. the garments of priests
   3. the seemliness of a daughter
2. Three things which deceive those who trust them:
   1. a paramor's promise 33
   2. a serfs 34 fidelity
   3. the season of youth
3. Three things from which there is nothing but deceit:
   1. the love of the wanton
   2. the innocence of dominion
   3. the piety of one ill in bed
4. Three things which ought not to be believed:
   1. an old persons dream
   2. a paramor's oath
   3. a tale without authority
5. Three things not easy to trust:
   1. a drover's oath
   2. a paramor's promises
   3. a hunter's word about his dog
6. People notable in three things:
   1. a Miller in thieving
   2. a preacher in begging
   3. a boaster in telling lies
7. Three things hard to obtain:
   1. a grave tailor
   2. an honest Miller
   3. an ale-wife not covetous
8. Three persons who desire their portion rich and savory:
   1. a cook
   2. a concubine 35
   3. a kept priest
9. Three things which do not profit the world by anything they do, whatever their fame for wisdom, art, and piety:
   1. a grasping miser
   2. a arrogant poet
   3. a kept priest
10. Three chicks from one nest:
    1. a loquacious farmer
    2. a logical poet
    3. a half-hearted divine.
11. Three kinds of contenders on the death of a powerful rich person:
    1. their detractors for their reputation
    2. kinsmen for their goods
    3. worms for their carcass
12. Three things good in a miser's eyes:
    1. a brass-handled knife
    2. much-patched shoes
    3. defaming the generous
13. Three ways to know a person:
    1. by their discourse
    2. their conduct
    3. their companions
14. Three measuring-rods of every person:
    1. their dreams
    2. their fears
    3. their unconcern
15. Three hatreds which last for ever:
    1. between a mate and their step-children
    2. between dogs and swine
    3. between Cymry and Saxon
16. Three things wrong for any to meddle with:
    1. the office of a lord
    2. usury
    3. war
17. Three things hard for any to do:
    1. cool the fire
    2. dry the water
    3. please the world
18. Three things not easy to obtain when sought:
    1. a loan of money from a usurer, without interest
    2. the pleading of a case in court, without fee
    3. a dinner of rich food in a miser's house
19. Three things which pervert just judgment:
    1. the love of friends
    2. fear of the mighty 36
    3. desire of worldly goods 37.
20. Three things not easily found:
    1. an arrogant person generous
    2. a young person wise
    3. an old person mannerly
21. Three diversions which will surely bring trouble:
    1. hunting
    2. war
    3. dallying with one who is younger
22. Three things necessary to one who enters an inn:
    1. a strong head
    2. a tough stomach
    3. a heavy purse
23. Three things one gains in an Inn:
    1. entertainment which makes them poor
    2. mirth which makes them do wrongly
    3. joy which makes them sad.
24. Three kinds of liar, and there is none other like them:
    1. a lord lying for privilege
    2. a priest for office
    3. a woman for a son whom she loves

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