John Trapp on Proverbs 31:20

Verſ. 20. She ſtretcheth out her hand to the poor] Shee laboureth with her hands to that purpoſe, Epheſ. 4.28. and findeth by experience, that not getting, but giving is the way to thrive. See my common-place of Almes.

Yea ſhe reacheth forth her hands to the needy] Nittily needy, as one phraſeth it. To thoſe that are extremely poor, ſhe not only ſtretcheth, but reacheth, not her hand only, but both hands; yea ſhe hath her Almoners to give to thoſe that ſhe cannot goe to: as Queen Anne of Bullen had.Ibid. For beſides what ſhe dealt and diſtributed by the hands of others, ſhe carried ever about her a certain little purſe: out of which ſhe was wont to ſcatter about daily ſome almes to the needy; thinking no day well ſpent, wherein ſome man had not fared the better by ſome benefit at her hands. The like is ſtoried of Placilla wife to the Emperour Theodoſius, that for her courteſie and bounty to the poor, ſhe was called [non-Latin text not transcribed], The poor mans friend.