wars That mocks another for faults written in his own forehead That thinks himself good and fine and is but a giddy fool That borrows more pounds then he is able to pay That supplies others need and leaves himself nothing That promises all things and performs nothing That threatens all fierce but none fear him That talks over and over and will hear no other That seeks all things and gets nothing That commits his secrets to his enemy or women That cheapens all and buyes none That perjures himself and none believes him That dishonours himself to honour another That seeth good Arts and manners and knoweth nothing oâ— their meaning That buyes all he sees and gains nothing That hates all and is hated of all That trusts none and is trusted of none That handles every Case without cause That gives his strength to a stranger That believes a knave though unknown That doth so much in one day that he can doe nothing in the next That trusts to guiles in a gift That hath his choice takes not the chief That makes a price of pride That shunneth his own good lest his neighbour should gain That doth no good nor suffers others That fortifies himself in sin That thinks he is wise is but a wizard That learns much knows nothing That leaves his fellow without fault found That commits sin and repents not soon The poor that scorns pittance That knows Gods Law pleads against it though for meer reward to him be woe That makes glorious shews of his own shame That contemns God and man What I spent was vain saith the Soul What I gave is vain saith the Soul What I kept hath faild me saith the Soul What I denied hath foild me saith the Soul Learn diligently what thou seest Keep diligently what thou learnest Make know what thou knowest None worthy to be top of kin but one That will fight with his kinsman and is feard That will speak for his kinsman and is heard That will be surety for his kinsman and will be taken The wholesomest of wild beasts the Roe Buck. Of tame beasts the Hog Of wild Fowles the Partridges Of tame Fowles the He. Of Sea fish the Crab. Of fresh fish the Trout The three Invincibles A Lord or Dominus fac totum The Resolute that is self-will'd The Penurious that hath nothing Seven qualities belonging to a Judge Tongu'd and dumb stout and deaf foolish fearfull and devout Additionall Proverbs The powerfull plucks the poor complains Talk a good deal but take onely thy due Little betwixt right and wrong The best gentility is in the predicament of Quality VVhat abroad we hear at home we rehearse All are lewd where God doth not lead Better still beg then steal bag Misfortune drinks a health and it goeth round about the house Earth's the best shelter Truth the best buckler VVho the cold doth most fear Let him blow the fire A liar's gone if he forget or Lie the less or learn thy lesson Let none alone at length be lam'a In three things a man may be deceived In a Man till known in a Tree till down in the Day till done Three rubs upon the way A Squirrel a Nut a neate Maid and gay VVhat thou would not have done to thee Do not the same good man to me Though old mens body do decay Their soul 's alive and bears sway The choicest Maid ill chooseth man Two things need not be spared Much gain'd and little got A bad mans dispraise praiseth Shut the gate when the horse is gone or Shut the door when the thief hath done VVhat all say as good as seald Man purposeth God disposeth All see my face few know my case Ask the father if he thinketh his sonne a thief Clutch ever so close an even lay thou wilt ever lose The best cunning self-deniall Thy last night bid good night No painfulness no gainfulness In Heaven the churle will never be Chair-man Never seek belief to a ly Foords grow wide Faith weak Hear not plain hardly reply The present State will not long stand Lose not the office of thy sence by the sense of thy office Philosophers rise the Earth turns round Lug and hale it will not long hold The man that groans God hears his moans Griffitk a cunning Cooke to pull a worm out of an old wives Coop A Cellar before a Cow Hurt is sooner received then well cured A womans mind is swifter then the Greyhound Each wanton speaks with mincing speech The whiter the face the blacker the arse The morrow after the Faire Fast bind faest find Out of sight out of mind In the mouth gall in the heart cordiall He deserveth no gains who taketh no pains VVhat acted last the memory retains it best Better a poor careful mother then a rich careless father The horse may die while the grass grows Cunt once got an hundred times if thou wilt VVho himself doth ill thinks another will Her own dam envy devoures Old Grannams dream of their desire VVhen Gamester thrive he will smile in his sleeve To deceive the deceiver is no deceit Be provident while chest is full laid if once empty 't is too late The gift is bad that is not worth thanks Forewarning will not advantage the unfortunate Sue a begger and get a louse No nearer to death though abroad then at home Forswear to haunt no where but Hell What old men by experience know compleat young men think they know in their own conceit Spare to speak spare to speed Who serves the Devil will be deceived at the latter day Empty vessels sound most The still Sow eats all the draft The cat is more ready to runne into then out from the Dayrie The nearer the Church the further from Christ. A cat is not used to a coller No weeping for shed milk He repented with grief who kill'd his Greyhound A lazy servant a good message to fetch death to an honest man No Town so strong as a Tower The lame returns sooner then his servant The kindness of Iack to his mother Ioan. More wanton then the Maggpie Who in sinne committeth offence needeth no accuser but his Conscience Who hath many sons shall have small share of his meat Who hath many daughters shall have none at all to eat Who regards not his mother may step to his stepmother Birds of a feather will flie together Ask my mother if I am a thief To the Valley the water runs quickly Be not too curious Man in finding fault lest you fail to amend Sit down and patient be what 's past thou canst not remedie DIVERS CENTURIES OF NEVV SAYINGS VVhich may serve FOR PROVERBS TO POSTERITY TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE And most R. F. in God BRIAN DUPPA Lo. Bishop of Salsburie My Lord THat so many poor Infants after so hard a labour may receive a Benediction now at the close specially this last which though he comes in the Rear I esteem mine own more then any of the rest I
Staffordshire I know best where my shooe pincheth Change of Pasture makes fat calfs Change of Women make lean knaves When he should work every finger is a thumb The Catt would eat fish but she would not wett her feet Better is the last smile then the first laughter He must have a long spoon who will eat with the Devil Love and Peas-pottage will make their way viz. The one breaks the heart the other the belly When the Mare hath a balld face the Filly will have a blaze 'T is an evill Procession where the Devil holdeth the candle As plain as Dunstable high-way When the Cat 's away the Mouse may play He that is afraid of every fart must goe farr to to piss He loves sheeps flesh well that wetts his bread in the wooll I have a Goose to pluck with you viz. I have something to complain of Fire and Water are good servants but they are bad masters The Catt winked when both her eyes were out If P. be sick and B. be dead Then go thy way C. and beg thy bread I le warrant you for an Egg at Easter The Fox preyes furthest from home A hungry horse maketh a clean manger viz. He eateth all his Oats You may drive a Toppe over a tylde house as soon They stick together like burrs As madd as a March-hare The blind eats many a fly 'T is sooner said then done Bolster or pillow be it whose will for me Better it be done then wish it had bin done As good undone as do it too soon As soon goes the Lamb-skin to the market as the old Ewes 'T is a bad sack that will abide no clowting An ill stake standeth longest Proffer'd service stinks Better to have then wish Itch and ease can no man please He cannot see the Wood for Trees viz. He is a blockhead Snow is white and lies in the dike And every man letts it ly Pepper is black and hath a good smack And every man doth it buy Change is no robbery He that is angry without a cause must be pleased without amends Tread on a worm and it will turn against you Too much of one thing is good for nothing VVit whither wilt thou A dandiprat a hopp on my thumb a demilance viz. A little man He hath got the better end of the staff Who medleth with all things may goe and shooe Goslings As merry as Cup and Can as merry as Tinkers as mice in malt A scald head 's soon broken As just as Iermans lipps Spoken in derision Of little medling comes great ease Who puts variance twixt man and wife goeth twixt bark and tree They agree like two Catts in a gutter As nice as a Nuns hen As meet as a Sow for a saddle A new broom sweeps clean Spare to speak spare to speed Seldom seen soon forgotten A little Pott is soon hott Meant of little men soon cholerick As angry as a Wasp As merry as a Crickett Every cock is proud on his own dunghil A ragg'd colt may make a good horse 'T is easie to cry Ule at other mens costs He would fain fly but he wants feathers All this wind shakes no corn Let every Cuckold wear his own horns His heart fell down to his hose Children and fools tell truth I know him as well as the beggar knoweth his dish To help a lame Dogg over a stile viz. To help one at a pinch He is high in the instepp viz. proved I had him streight in the wind viz. smelt him out All is fish that comes to his nett Hunger drops down at his nose He will not part with the parings of his nails A gauld horse is good enough for a scabby squire A man may break his neck as soon as his fast in his house Backan quoth Mortimer to his Sow Nothing down nothing up Ka me ka thee viz. one good turn asketh another I may put my winnings in my Eye and see never the worse You are none of the Hastings To steal a Goose and stick a feather He is as rich as a new-shorn sheep I suck not this out of my fingers ends By right or wrong by hook or crook As good play for nought as work for nought Patience is a Flower that groweth not in every garden To take a haire of the same dogg viz. To be drunk again the next day Many kinsfolks and few friends Every one basteth the fatt hogg while the lean one burneth viz. He that hath shall have more Cheer up man God is still where he was Who can sing so merry a note As he that cannot change a grote Be not too bold with your biggers or betters Where nothing is the King must loose his right There is no more hold to be taken of his word then of an Eel by the tail One tale is good till the other be told The first point of hawking is hold fast I 'le warrant you for an Egg at Easter Who sendeth a fool upon an errand must goe himself after Who hath once the fame to be an early riser may sleep till noon What is worse then ill luck Yes pissing a bedd A thinn medow is soon mow'd He who perisheth in needless danger is the devils martyr Truth hath a good face but ill clothes Put a Miller a Tailor and a Weaver in a bagg and shake them the first who cometh out will be a thief A turd in your teeth that 's no false Latin It is ill awaking of a sleeping Lion 'T is best fishing in troubled waters Hasty peeple will never make good Middwifes 'T is good Christning of a mans own child first He that goes out with often losse At last comes home by weeping crosse The Crow thinketh her own bird fairest A meer Scholler a meer Asse A fatt commodity hath no fellow You give me chalk for cheese A young man old makes an old man young Beggers should be no choosers Children and fools tell truth You have let leap a Whiting viz. you have let slip an opportunity Two hands in a dish but one in a purse Poor folks must be glad of Pottage Every one cannot have a nose like a shooing-horn Two to one is oddâ— at foot-ball Gip quoth Gilbert when his Mare farted Every Pease will have its veaze and a Bean fifteen Trick for trick and a stone in thy foot besides quoth one pulling out a stone out of his Mares hoof when she bit him upon the back and he her upon the buttock He looks like a Bull that hath beshit the Fair. A womans knee and dogs snout are alwayes cold If you will not when you may when you will you shall have nay He speaks like a Mouse in a cheese He that doth kiss and do no more may kiss behind and not before The weakest goes still to the wall My Horse pisseth Whey My Man pisseth Ambar My Horse is for my Way My Man is for my Chamber Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man healthy wealthy and wise
Almighty we cannot be too thankful God provides threed for the work begun He loseth nothing that loseth not God As proper as the Magnificat in the morning It rains there where God pleaseth God works in a short time Who hath many friends hath none at all Diligence goes beyond Science and good fortune beyond both There 's a good distance 'twixt the word and the deed All truths are not good to be told A slow courtesie is a discourtesie To put ones finger 'twixt the rind and the tree Women complain women do grieve women are sickly when they please Who is far from the dish is neer his own loss The Devil was then in his Primmer He carryes a quarter of the Moon in his noddle viz. he is mad He sleeps enough who doth nothing Take heed of a painted woman Women wealth and wine have their good and their venome A wise woman the ornament of the house There 's none so wise but women may besot him A man of straw worth a woman of gold 'T is not alwayes holy-day nor Spring-tide A womans love like fire of flax which is of no durance At the end 't will be known who did eat the bacon A maid silent shews wisdome A brown maid gay and neat That which came by the Pipe goes away by the Tabor Fools are wise when they hold their peace An ounce of fortune is more worth then a pound of learning He cannot be at once at the Mill and the Bakers If fortune me torments yet hope doth me content A small beginning makes a great web The wife must follow the husband Light gain makes a heavy purse 'T is more to spare then to gain He who is upon the Giants shoulders sees more then he who carryeth him There be men of all conditions and humours As many Nations so many Fashions Every one to what he is fit for Let a horse be never so well shod he may slide To stay for the acorns till they fall Nothing falls into the throat of a sleeping Fox Gluttony kills more then the sword By little and little the Sea is drain'd Drop after drop fills the tub No grain without stubble no gold without dross Wine from the grape is better then that of the press No day so long but will have his evening He sleeps safely who hath nothing to lose The Fox who sleeps in the morning hath not his tongue feathered That which is given shines that which is eaten stinks All 's lost that 's given to a fool He who borroweâ—h much lades his back Fair words blister not the tongue He hath both the cloth and cizzars given him viz. full power A good cause hath need of help Sorrow hath drink enough viz. tears To last and dure one must endure Who will take a bird he must not scare him The bird sings according as he is beaked Who hath a trade hath rent A Sun glittering in the morning a Latin woman and a child nurs'd with wine seldome come to a good end Who brings good news may knock boldly There 's no enemy little viz. we must not undervalue any foe There 's no such pride as from a begger grown rich He who payes his debts grows rich Half a word to a good understander The mouse who hath but one hole is quickly caught Envious men may dye but envy never Who sends a fool must expect a fool To rank himself among onions being but a small scalon Of an Owl one can never make good hawk Every state is worms meat viz. we are all mortal They make him believe that the stars are but spangles All that thunders doth not astonish Who accuseth himself excuseth himself Hunger drives the Wolf out of the wood Take not a blind man for thy guide nor a fool for thy Counsellor God directs him who despiseth himself viz. the modest man The Devil is known by his clawes Who will keep his house clean must have neither poultry nor pigeon Over a bridge a plank or river the servant before the master after The masters eye fattens the horse He answers ill who understands ill He thinks ill who thinks not twice He doth ill who doth not all viz. who doth not perfect his work The dead hath no friend the sick but half a one One crosse never comes single He wip'd his nose in his own sleeve To wash'd hands God sends encrease He is giddy or shuttle headed A good beast gets heat in eating Fortune reacheth her hand to a bold man He who eats the Kings Goose may shite out the feathers a hundred years after Bad ware is never too cheap To make himself a Merchant of fish on Easters eve Good ware will never want a chapman If all fools hables were of wood there would be but a small store To coif himself with foolish opinions There 's no horse without some bruise or fault Short follies are the best Dreams are dotages or lyes A little man can fell a great Oke An egg in peace is better then a beef in war Good heed chaceth away misfortune The froc makes not the Monk He is truly poor whom God forsakes To cut the grass under ones feet Trim up a hedge-hog and he will look like a Lord. The fox is turn'd hermit All hours are not ripe viz. seasonable Men give women milk though they have none themselves viz. milk A bad man may be a good King One trade requires one whole man Who lives on the score lives in shame An ill report quickly flyes abroad He is got drunk Love feeds on young flesh A growing youth hath a wolf in his belly Innocence carryeth her own defence about her All things may be bought except day and night One day judgeth another and the last is judge of all A long toung a short hand meant of complements For washing his hands one never sells lands He sees no farther then the end of his nose To make the wolf fiercer then he is He hath the wolf by the ears A small matter makes the wolf take the sheep To bad language clos'd ears Good laws come from lewd lives To keep the Moon from wolfs 'T is a good farthing that gains a penny All is not Gospel that 's spoken up and down the town Who hath not patience wants all things From an ill debtor take hay or straw When all sins become old covetousness growes younger The scabby head loves not the comb God knows who is the good pilgrim At last the Foxes meet at the Furriers shop He may safely sing who hath nothing to lose You may well lose a Menow to take a Salmon He loseth nothing who loseth not God Who loseth his right loseth his reason Who lends to a friend loseth double 'T is easier to draw a fart from a dead ass Sing to an ass and he will fart at you Better stumble with the foot then the tongue One foot is better then two stilts He would find more then four feet in a Mutton He is drunk
diwaetha Gwell y fam glyttioge nar Tad goludog Geill march farw yn aros ir borfa Cont vnwaith Canwaith y ceir Ameu pob drwg dybus Cynfigen y ladd i pherchen Breddwyd gwrach wrth ei huillus Chwerthin pawb ar i fantes Nid Twill Dwillo Twyllwr Ar ddechre yr gist y mae eiriach y blawd Drwg y Rhodd ni thal i gofun Ni Thyccia Rhybudd i' drwch Nid oes gin gerdottnn ond i' gwd Nid nesach att Ange wlad arall na chartre Ni ddiowrid dim ond vffern Yr hen y wyr ag Ifanc y debig Ni ddoeth gwlad erioed i' fud Drwg y Caidw diawl i' was Mwya Trwst Llestri gweigion Yr hwch y dai y fwyttu r soeg Cint Cath ir gell nag allan Po nessa at yt Eglwys pell a oddiwrth Brodwys Nid Cynefin Cath a chebnst Nid gwiw mor wylo am laith a gollo Cyn edifated ar gwr y laddodd i' filgi Gwas diog Cenad dda i' gyrchu Ange i' wrda Nid Cadarn ond Castell Cint Crippil nai was Credigrwudd gittun felun ai fam Cyn siongced ar Bioge Nid rhaid i' Bechod gyfiadur ond Cydwybod A fo aml i feibion budd gwag i goliddion A fo aml i' ferched nid eiff dim ir wared Ni wnelo gyngor i fam gwnaed gyngor i' Lys fam Adar vnlliw a hed ir vnlle al pob Cyffelib ymgais Gofyn i' mam wyf leidr Ir pant y Rhed y Dwfr Na wel ar fai ond y fedrych ymendio Nid oes help ir perh a bassio ond tewi son a gathel i ddo WHo hath God hath all who hath him not hath less then nothing The later that Gods vengeance is The heavier far and sorer ' t is Three things are hard to be known a man an oke and a day While through all places thou dost rome yet have thy eyes still towards home Red wine hogs flesh and smoake are three enemies to the eyes The tail will alwayes turn with the dog Greater was the fright then the fray An old dog will not sport with a puppy The lambs skin comes to the market as soon as the sheeps From sea from hill and from the flood God sends the fortunate some good There is no stint upon almes The horse looks not on the hedge but the corn Many words to a fool half a word to the wise An unluckie man shall lose do what he can A gentle man gently cools his passion Wer 't not for hope the heart would break yet hope yet hope The Saxon shites in his brich The cleanly Britain in the hedge Howell is as good as Heilin Who so complains without cause should have cause given him to complain Some complain to prevent complaint The bad husband's hedge is full of gaps The misfortune of the fool is just because it proceeds from his own rashness A fair promise makes a fool merry Who so stealeth an egge will steal a hen None bewares of him that 's in his grave Let him that is the stronger oppress let him that is the weaker cry out Let him that would have praise be dead first Let him that would have hâ—alth be merry Each man would give his guess At the fall of the old the young man laughs Faults are thick where love is thin Necessity will buy and sell. The unskilful or simple will tear his breech over the close stool You must judge at the latter end of a thing VVhat is not wisdom or discretion is danger VVho avoids not smoak avoids not his enemy VVho so cannot endure a servant must be his owne servant VVho so feeds not his cat let him feed his mice Every man is a master in his own house Greediness breaks its own neck Blessing on the sow that owns the fat Flowers afore May better they were not The more a string is stretcht the sooner it breaks An old wifes dream runs according to her wish Scatter with 〈◊〉 hand gather with two You must not count your yearlings till May-day The valiant is harder then a stone A man hath a hundred friends and a hundred foes If the Mare be lame her Colt will be lame Shut the breech after farting The true friend is discernd in the distress Late leave argues a business A snarling dog hath a ragged coat The dog that hunts every beast is not good at any Correct the Bear in presence of the Lion Scratch a clowns tail and he will befoul thy fist An ague in the aged is certain death Though the day be long it will have an evening Though nine Nights may be concealed nine Moneths cannot A lazy shepherd is fellow to the wolf As good foot it as bestride a staff Play but hurt not jest but shame not The naked youth may play the hungry will not February will blow the snake out of her nest The fool will laugh when he is a drowning Great and frequent debate and to bring forth a mouse Well doth the spit become the rasher Shew me the calf shew me not the milk Two hungry meals will make the third a load Good is God and long is Eternity Good is the stone with the Gospel The lucky man will find a thorn in his pap Lewd is the frog under ice Each bird is well pleased with his own voice He shall be slighted that is out of sight An old mans end is to keep sheep Every mans promise is his debt Lend to the naked and you may goe whistle for it the next day The man is wise while he holds his peace It 's a sory stake that stands not the first year Ill doth the devil preserve his servant Bad is the way that is trod but once Bad is a bad servant but wors being without him Bad is the thing that is not worth the asking Every mans neighbour is his looking-glass A work ill done must be twice done God will distribute the cold as he distributeth the cloaths There will come ice for the frog It is tedious parting with a thing we love A sharp April kills the pig One scabby fellow knoweth another A man knoweth when he goes not when he returns A good aunt is a second mother You will easily prevail with one that loveth you Hee was slaine that had warning not hee that tooke it Neither for peace nor for warre will a dead Bee gather honey A sorry son is active in another mans house The easiest work is to miss or fail Every poor man is a fool Fly from bad land not from a bad landlord A mans wealth is his enemy The active man will be a Lion till gray hairs come Forbear the alehouse forbear not to pay Dispraise the meat and eat it Every mans eye is upon that he loveth The nimblest footman is a false tale Woe be to him that goeth from hip to hip and hath nothing of his own Woe to him that bringeth his old servant to a Court of Iustice. Woe to him that loves and is not loved Woe to him that hath a bad name in
his youth Woe to him that seeks his landlord dayly Woe to the beast that never seeth his owner Worse and worse like the son of a goat Woe to that one man that makes a hundred sad The day will discover the work of the night It is an easie work to beware A friends frown is better then a fools smiles An importunate begger cannot keep To cut a witth with a beetle Naturam expellas furcâ c. After long languishing death A lion when old may be conquered To fish in a sheep-coat Too much cunning undoes Fortune out-veyes cunning A bird in hand is better then two in the bush Clear conscience a sure card A friend in Court c. Good though long stayed for is good A fair face and a foul heart To think his grandmother a maide To give pay with a ladle No more then the he-goat to the kill Antipathy Better one braggadocio then two fighters Better one pair of feet then two pair of hands Woe to the Owner of a weak bow Woe to the servant of a weak Lord. Multitude conquers greatness It is easie to cut out thongs of another mans skin Howell is generous at the Countreyes charge The play of an old cur with a whelp The toung will cause beheading Easier to censure then do The bald will not believe till he sees his brains It is easie to draw blood out of a skabbie head The kinsmans ear will hear it A womans commodity stronger then a rope He that hath the daughters cunt will have the mothers heart Long aiming long shiting A womans hand is the pricks wheâ—stone Enough is as good as a feast Enough for each man what he can manage Compare onely with thy compeers Who complains without cause may have cause to complain Spare the surety spare the principal A small cause may produce much grief Cause without cause The besome ought still be busie Without a good horse to take the field is folly Complain for fear of complaints A house dry over head is happy Long sorrow moulds misery A cat may be cram'd with crums Each owner his own A child knowes who licks but not who loves him Open-mouth'd hedges speak bad husband Feed liberally find labourers The wise and the fool have their fellows Get a sonne get a sword Great promises small performance A fairly makes a fool laugh The gray is ripe for the grave The Hart brayes for the brook The Hart being fed takes the field The lewd and naught love long nights Whom death kills none recalls Should not bad councel be cancelled He that bears the bag may fill his belly He that steals an egg will steal a nagg Teach the child a Sunday he will remember it a Munday If the Lion go to the field God will be his shield He that goes to Court without errand may bring home an arrest VVho at horse play would learn skill at home should leave his skinne Tine before Kine Soon get up soon goe down A heart heavy is not healthy A Nurses tongue priviledged to talk She silent and dull Domb A lary fool hands foule His mouth fouly sweats that swears Wild and wanton He that hath store of bread may beg his milk merrily Many boxes make empty bellies If much hony hap thou mayest put it in thy pap A lawyer pleads all pleas or he that sticketh at the first course on all occasions shifts to discourse No plea to what God pleaseth or whom God loveth in his grave lies An Impudent shaver will hardly be saved He that scolds at sea will do the like on land He that is uncertain when he goeth will doe no good ere he goeth An old mans best praise is prayer Gallant means gallant men The dead out of view we need not avoid He that dieth for threats with his own T. should be tainted The nearer the Porch the further from Paradise Might overcomes right To refuse in want waste To give where there is no want A twisted lace is not easily loos'd Once prime man now no man No power no respect Gods will be done Who would be commended let him die first If thou wouldst try friends be sick Be hearty be healthy Have the haft have the blade A cuff in the morning is remembred in the evening Gods word uppermost Who loves not his mother will hardly love his stepmother That love is slender which regards not a friends slander Love young sparkes love their sports Or love the yoak tine love what belongs thereto Who loves her husband most love his mother m. Plundred ware never thrive Close and near will cleave in need The great crow doth cry the young sayes I. Out of a small complaint groweth a greater Over complaint no complaint Rise to plead lose thy place Learn if thou can and keep it Almes more valued then venison Offend God offend man Out of sight out of mind Good ale the key of cuuncel or The barly corn is the hearts key Patience is Knowledge's life-guard Passion a note of bad nature Every guest can guess Love me love my dog Chide the birth for the salt bag The old man dies the young man danceth or The old doth fall the young laughs his fill Plenty of all a tanning Plenty of honny a straining Where love fails we spy all faults Bâ—ood soon stands on a white steed Bloud is not hid in a scabby head Unrich unready Strange dishes dainties Ignorance denies the conclusion Covenant breaketh custome Breach of custome contempt A time for meat and a time for Mass. A time for all things Ill bred ill bruised Bruise in the sinewes death in the veins A hollow man an ill messenger Choler waves kindred The dull sees no more then the dark An angel in the field a devil by the fire Want will make the old trull to trot Want buyes and sells also Want cancels commands Want doth rouse the old to run Ever lewd never beloved Needy and poor are nobile Par. What wants in part is imperfect If fool ever foul Cold will never catch heat Death makes speed unexspected Grim death buyes full dear The more fame the greater shame A fool may be shamed in shiting A churlish friend never free Unhopeful unhappy No confidence in cowards A churle unstaid and stubborn If God saith it must be so VVhat a babler saith is fawcy Set thy dog but thou sit down Drive the dog to the dayry Rash in kind inconstant Cold face calls for fire Whom I love I like Patient and silent Mock and be mocked Soft fire maketh sweet malt Wise words and great seldom agree Give much and mildly or divide commons kindly Plow while thou art plow ere thou art not Suspend till the end A man of power may compel VVhere none chuse it is the Lords escheat Every one is Lord of his own God save a weak Lords servant Money is said to buy and sell. If foul fail use fair means He that avoids not smoak may smart The medow is shorn with
VViddow marrying beneath her self pisseth backward As wrinkled as the face of a peny Custard Starve not thy cause for want of fees nor thy horse to save a bottle of hay The Presbyters wife had rather see her husband in his shirt then in a Surplice Refiners of Religion commonly prove Quacksalvers You may as easily snuff the Moon when she shines dimm The Venetian Christned in salt-water which makes him so wise Forgive any one sooner then thy self He bears in his face all the Festivalls of the year Preferment without profit like a feather in ones capp Though its modesty to decline Praise yet it is a Pride not to care what the world speaks of thee Redd capps and coiffs fatall to France viz. Cardinalls and Queen Mothers The fifth Century MAke not Gods House thy through-fare Unlesse thou dropp some Prayses there A Platonique Lover like one that 's still saying gâ—ace and never falls to his meat So long did the good wife pray for a boy that she had one that proved a boy all his life-time The wife knowes more then the Cuckold her husband Who hath sore teeth hath ill Tenants Who hangs one corrects a thousand Sett thy Watch by the Sun rather then by the Clock When thy ankle akes it little avails thee to anoint thy elbow He thrives as well as a VVelch Runt in Rumney Marsh. VVho giveth Almes maketh the best use of his money You may paint the Flower in all his colours but not give it the smell Counterfeit Friendshipp is worse then false Coyn. A Martyr in Prison is like a Diamond sett in a horn-ring Hear thy self oftner speaking to God Almighty then another speaking for thee VVho commends himself deserves a Garland of Hemlock If God be in the Portall all the rooms in thy house will be well furnished Magnitude is not the measure of worth More Porters then Princes go to Heaven because ther are more of them King Harry loved a Man and so did his daughter Besse A dry Cough the Trumpeter of death A Starr twinkleth most in winter so a wiseman in Adversity The great wheel of Providence doth alwaies turn though none can see the Spokes The Rufflingest VVinds are commonly found in Church-yards so the greatest clashes are about Religion Gett thy spindle and distaff ready and God will send thee Flax. So miserable a kerle that he cannot bestow brown paper enough to wipe his tayl clean The Union twixt England and Scotland like Oyle mixt with Vinegar A face that weareth patches sheweth there is a Roome to be lett by the Bill on the doore The glorious Sun is Gods great Emissary One of the best conveniences of a house is to have good neighbours The first part of wisedome is to give good Counsell the second to take it the third to follow it The body is but the sockett of the soul. They that are hang'd their souls goe out at their tayls In VVarr take all advantages but give none Never seek enemies abroad thou hast too many at home viz. Thy own passions The Presbyterian licks up that which the Jesuit disgorgeth against Kings They who buy Justice by whole sayl Must sell it by retayl VVho preacheth VVarr is the Devils Chaplain Giving begetts Love lending doth lessen it Hee who will passe a Judgement of himselfe must incline more to Rigour then Mercy There be many witty men yet their brains cannot fill their bellies The Astrologer hath this advantage that one true Prediction maketh amends for a hundred lies More easie to raise Captains in England then common souldiers The modern Zelotts go to exalt Christ's Church upon the Devils back Thou that hatest the Crosse which was the first Christian Altar dost thou hope to have benefitt of the Oblation The promise of a Gentleman should be equall to a performance In Lotteries men mourn in white and laugh in black The French so fiery-mouth'd that they must be ridd with a bitt On the Desk the Priest is the peeples Messenger to God in the Pulpitt he is Gods Messenger to the peeple History the Tribunall of Princes after death The Devill may now freely walke upp and down Cheapside for there is never a Crosse to fright him Cleer thy Conscience before thou close thy Eyes so thou may'st have golden dreams The Presbyterian though he hateth a Crosse in the Church yet he loveth it too well in his pockett The Calvinists beleeve the Salique Law is in Heaven which make them so little esteem the blessed Virgin Magnitude is not the measure of worth If I had known of your coming I would have dined with you Viz. I had provided more for you but now you must be content to dine with me Honour moveth in a higher Sphere farr then pleasure The peeple to the Politician like tools to a mechanique He seldom goes with gray hairs to his grave who disobeyeth his Parents A Pope by Voices a King by Nature an Emperour by power A King should impose severer Lawes upon himself then on his subjects An old Usurer like a Thiefe who though he be to be hanged to Morrow yet he stealeth to Day Kings should be told what they ought to do not what they are able Learning the Child of Light born first in the East next the Sun rising He is happy who endeth his journey before he be quite tyred viz. Before he be too old The English Language is Dutch Embrodered with French Poesie the greatest Light whereby to find that one hath a soul. A redd morn will commonly pisse or fart before night When thou dost read a Book do not turn the leafs only but gather the fruit A rich kerle like a Mill-horse that grindeth Corn for others The worst of Crosses is never to have had any The Passing-bell is deaths Clock and the Clock is Times Passing-bell As hard to brush off an infamy as a shaddow The poor are Gods Receivours and the Angels are his Auditors The German proud by Imitation the French by Inclination Death is the certainst of all things to come The Majesty of a King is a Ray of Divine Light Craft is bastard-Policy Necessitie hath found more Arts then Ingenuity ever invented Water Earth and Air the three staple Commodities of Nature Oportunity the best moment in the whole extension of Time Chimistry the torture of Mettalls If thy sonne be given to drinke send him to Spain if to Drabbs send him to Germany to be reclaimd False Reports like Musrumps that have no Roots The worst Feaver is that of the toung The Rich man walketh to gett a stomack to his his meat the poore man to gett meat for his stomack Lett Reson perswade Thee Before she invade Thee A Rich Citty like a fatt Cheese apt to breed Magotts viz. Mutinies and Vices Take part alwayes with Reson against thy Will England lies strong as a Tortois in her shell The Living Lord hath a dead Hand where he strikes Lett 's goe quickly to Dinner that we may have a Collation in the afternoon and goe betimes to Supper that we may have a Nuntion before we goe to bedd and so rise early in the Morning to Breakefast Viz. The humour of the French The Emperour of China the onely Prince that putteth bounds to his Ambition being ever upon the Defensive The VVise man like the Salamander can goe through the Furnace of Affliction and never burn Repentance the Laundresse of the Conscience VVho hath glasse-windowes of his own lett him take heed how he throwes stones at those of his neighbour A true King like Hercules should have his clubb alwayes lying by him The fist is stronger then the hand though it be nothing but the hand An Embleme of Union The worst peeple have most lawes Prudence applieth things past provideth for the present and preventeth what may come Though the Air of Spain be hotter yet it is not so subject to Feavers as that of France A Printed Apology is like pennance in a white sheet Rather then burn venture a fall out of the window Well fare those dayes that sweet-meats were served up in wheele-barrowes at Goring-House He that doth a serious businesse in haste rides Post upon an Asse Infantium Cerebri Quartus post Quadraginta FINIS