John Trapp on Proverbs 5:9

Verſ. 9. Leſt thou give thine honour] i. e. Whatſoever within thee, or without thee, may make thee honourable or eſteemed, as the flower of thine age, the comelineſs of thy body, the excellency of thy wit, thy poſſibility of preferment, that good opinion that the better ſort had of thee, &c. How was David ſlighted by his own children and ſervants after hee had thus ſinned? Confer, 1 Sam. 2.30. with 2 Sam. 12.10. Chaſtity is a mans honour, 1 Theſſ. 4.4.

Caſtus quaſi [non-Latin text not transcribed] ornatus. [non-Latin text not transcribed] ab [non-Latin text not transcribed] v[illegible: 2 letters]erabilis. Deut. 32.33. And their years] i. e. according to ſome, thy wealth, that thou haſt been many years in gathering, [non-Latin text not transcribed] quaſi [non-Latin text not transcribed].

To the cruel] That is, to the harlot, and her baſtardly brood, whom thou muſt maintain. The Hebrews expound it of the Devil. To the cruel, i. e. Principi gehennae, ſaith Solomon, Angelo mortis, ſaith another, to the Prince of Hell, to this Angel of Death; Aczar the Hebrew word properly ſignifieth (ſaith one) the poyſon of the Aſp, which paineth not at firſt, but is deadly.