fool a three white-foot horse is a horse for a King and if he hath but one I le give him to none Make thy bargain more cautiously with thy friend then a stranger He can make weight of every lock of wooll To take two Pigeons with one bean Who seeketh strife shall find it at home Who lives by hope dies farting I know how many loafs make a couple That which must be 't is fitting it should come That which will be will be 'T is an ill thing to be bad but 't is worse to be known so The best oignions are those which are transplanted I am not afraid of ill faces for I was born at Shrovetide viz. when there was so many whifflers I am not used to carry double 'T is bootles to rise betimes unless one hath good fortune The honor one doth with the mouth avails much costs little Every woman is chaste unless she be hunted after To live content hear see and be silent Easter so wished for long passeth away in one day Patience time and money accommodate all things Like the men of Gotham who sowed needles hoping they would grow to bars of iron Temporall Proverbs touching the Seasons LIke March Sun which heats but doth not melt Dearth under water bread under snow April April thou shalt not make me cast off my wascot At Saint Thomas the day is lengthened a cock-stride An Evening red and a morning gray presages are of a fair day At Michaelmas hot weather goeth to heaven Young and old must go warm at Martlemas At Saint Martins drink wine and let the water run by the mill When the Cock drinkes in summer it will rain a little after The snow for eight dayes is a mother to the earth but after a stepmother As Mars hastneth all the humors feel it Few grapes and wine enough a little corn little bread In August neither ask for Olive Chesnut nor Acorns January commits the fault and May bears the blame A year of snow a year of plenty Three seasonable showres in August are worth king Salomons Chariot and horses Physicall Proverbs touching Health CHeese marrs no taste Lie along at night sit in the morning stand up at noon and walk in the Evening Old men who play with young maids embrace death Fish spoils water flesh mends it Commend a wife but keep thy self a batchelor Who gapes would either go to sleep or doe a thing which he dare's not tell When a woman doth yawn and stretch who understands not her meaning is a silly wretch Never was there great river but puddle water went into it Better give the wool then the sheep Better give a peny then lend twenty Better to pass a danger once then be alwaies in fear To the gout all Physicians are blind Bread as long as it last but wine by measure Bread of one day an egg of one hour wine of one year fish of ten a woman of fifteen and a friend of a hundred Health without money is half a sickness Piss cleer and a fig for the Physician Black new and neat is the way to go brave When the old man will not drink go to see him in the other world A hog of a moneth a goose of three are food for a King Apples pears and nuts spoil the voice Oâ—d fish old oyl and an old friend Fish in the Sun and flesh in the shade A little meat and less grief cause mirth He is twixt the bed and the couch viz. in a mending way A quartan Ague kills the old and cures the young There be more old drunkards then old Physitians A good a bad and one indifferent meal maintaineth health Sell thy coat to buy Betony Veal poultry and raw fish do fatten the Churchyard Wine within and wit without Wine in the middle oyle obove and hony beneath Who will keep himself in health let him piss like a dogg viz. often An old hen fattens the kitchin One egg is nothing two a little better then nothing three are something five are too many and six kill One cock serves ten hens but ten men not one woman An old hen makes good broth Once a year let bloud once a moneth bath once a week wash thy head i. be trimd and once a day kiss thy wife June July and August wife I know thee not Blind cheese bread with eyes wine that leaps into your eyes As sound as a fish or a bell Piss clear and shite upon the Physitians head Be not bashful at table Go betimes to the Fishmarket and late to the shambles Keep thy feet dry and thy head warm and for the rest live like a beast viz. temperately A young Barber and an old Physitian Window wind like the hit of a crossbow Who goeth supperless to bed museth most part of the night Sleep by day as much as thou wilt and at night as much as thou canst Plant thy Vine in a good soyl and take a wife of a good race 'T is better feed a fever then feebleness He doth kindness to those who are beyond the Devil and makes no account of his own kindred You read unto me my own compositions as newes Thou art the eighth wiseman and the third Cato Thou wilt have better bread then is made of wheat He hath pissed in more then in one snow He is longer then Dante He is become a Bishop from a Pope Thou wilt empty the sea with a spoon A woman who paints will do more then piss She is like a chesnut fair without and rottten within Thou beginst to slay at the tail He smels of musk viz. of a ruffian Thou hast as many doublings as a cabage You give me bread for cake You may piss a bed and say you sweated He is full of talk it being the custome in Italy to give the greatest talker the rump of the hen The wolf being sick wished to be a Frier but being well he repented of it The cock is the countrey mans clock The first year a man is married either he falleth sick or into debt An Argos abroad and a mole at home A white wall is the paper of fools Put on wood enough for the ashes will yield money Thou art a greater fool then the Crab who carrieth his brains in his pocket Where there are women and geese there wants no noise To be fouly bafled The Courtesan weeps with one eye the wife with two and the Nun with four Two Williams and one Peter make a perfect fool Good morrow Dante whence comest thou how high is the dirt Answer From Rome up to the tail a good day and a good year to you Thou art out of the furrow thou art beside the way As the Gardners dog who would not eat cabage himself nor suffer others to do it The goslings lead the geese to water The feast of Saint Nimbo three dayes before doomesday To stumble at the first step I put a flea in his ear He shall pay at three doblons I care
y su dinero son luego apartados He will have an Oar in every one 's Boat Il veut auoir vogue en chasque bâ—teau Vuol auer ' ramo in ogni barca Quiere auer ramo en cada barca Change of Pasture makes fat Calfs Changement de pasture fait gras veaux Cambiamento de pascolo fà viâ—elli grassi Remuda de pasturage haze bizerros gordos Better is the last smile then the first laughter Le dernier soubris vaut plus que le premier ris L'ultimo ghigno val ' più che la primiera risata El postrer sonriso mejor es qua la primera riza When he should work all his fingers are thumbs Quand il devroit trauailler chasque doit devient pouce Quando deve travagliare ogni dito diventa pollice Quando hà de trabajar cada dedo es pulgar He must havè a long spoon who will eat with the devil Qui veut manger avec le diable il luy faut avoir le cueiller long Chi vuol ' mangiar col diavolo bisogna hauer'cucciaio lungo Quien quiere comer con el diablo es menestèr que tenga cuchara larga As good eat the flesh as the broth where the devil was boyld in Autant vaut il manger la Chair que le potage auquel le diable fut bouilli L'istessa cosa è de mangiar ' la carne chi'l brodo nell ' qua'l il diauolo fù bollito Tanto vale comer la carne que el caldo do el diablo fue bullido A hungry horse makes a clean manger Cheval affamè rend la creche netâ—e Il cauallo affamato fà presepio netto Cauallo hambriento haze el pesèbre limpio Time and Tyde stayes for no man Le temps la maree n'attend personne Il tempo ' l flusso non aspetano El tiempo y la marea no esperano al Rey. As good steal a horse as stand by and look on Autant vaut il derober vn cheval que d'estre aupres du larron Tanto val ' furar ' un cavallo que mirar ' appresso Tanto vale hurâ—ar vn cavallo que de mirar cerquita Fire and water are good servants but ill masters Le feu l'eau sont bons serviteurs mauvais Maistres Il fuoco l'acqua buoni servitori cattiui patroni El fuego y el agua son buenos servidores ruynes Amos. A mans best Fortune or his worst's a Wife Le plus gran malheur ou bonheur de l'homme est vne femme La maggior ' seventura ò ventura de l' huomo e la moglie La mayor dicha ò defdicha del hombre es la muger Who hath pease enough may put the more in the pott Qui a quanâ—ite de cices pourr ' en mettre assez au pot Chi hà abondanza de ceci potra metter ' assaj nella pentola Qui a garvancos en abundancia podra echar harto en la olla The penny is good that saves a groat Le denier est bon qui sauve vn soubs Il dinaro è buono che salvara vn soldo La placa es buena que salva vn real Try thy friend before thou have need of him Esprouvez â—on amy devant que tu en aâ—ezbesoin Provar ' l'amico inanzi che ne hai bisognio Prueva el amigo antes que ayas menester I beat the bush and another catcheth the Hare Cést moy qui bat le buisson vn autre prend la lievre Io batto lo spino altro piglia la leppro Jo bate el espinal y otro coge el lebru no. For all your kindred make much of your friends Quoy que vous ayez assez de Parens cherissez vos amis Anchor che voj habbiate assaj parenti carezzate gâ—i amici Aunque tengays haâ—tos parientes acariciad los amigos You dance in a nett and you think no body sees you Tu dances dans vn filè penses que personne ne te voit Tu ballai en vna rete pensai che nissuno te vede Tu baylas en vna red y piensas que nadie te vee Silence the best Ornament of a woman Silence le plus bell ' Ornement de femme Silentio il maggior ' Ornamento de donna Silentio il mayor Ornamiento de muger To break ones head and give him a playster Casser la teste puis luy donner vn emplastre Romper ' la testa poi dar ' vn implastra Quebrantar la cabeça y despues darvn emplastro You will not believe one bald unless you see his brain Vous ne croirez pas qu'on est chauve sans voir son cerveau Non crederete che sia caluo senza veder ' il cervello No creyreis que sea caluo sin ver el seso I le Christen my own child first Je feray baptizer mon enfant premier Farò battizar ' il mio fanciullo primiero Harè bautizar mi ninÌ„o primero With as good a will as ever I came from from school Avec tant de volontè que ie revins de l'ecole Di tanta buona voglia comm ' io ritornai dalla scuola De tan buena voluntad que yo bolui de la escuela Your Geese are all Swans Toutes vos oyes son cignes Tutte l'ocche vostre sono Cigni Todas sus gansas son cisnes Wife and children are bills of charges Femme enfans sont billets de despens Moglie fanciulli sono polizze de spese Muger y ninÌ„os son cedulas de gaâ—tos As welcome as flowers in May. Aussy bien venu comme fleurs en May. Tanto ben venuto come fiori in Maggio Tan bien venido como Flores en Mayo Kindness will creep where it cannot go Amour grimperà ou il ne peut marcher Amor ' strascinarà dove non può caminare Amor treparà do no puede caminar Money is welcome though it come in a shitten clowtt Argent est bien venu anchor qu'il soâ—t dans vn torchâ—â— Danaro e ben venuto anchor che sia dentrâ—â—e vn cocone Bien venga el dinero aunque sea en vn trapo We fishd all night and catchd a frogg Nous avons pechè tout le long de la nuit pris vne granouille Pescammo tutta la notte habbiamo colto vn ranocchio Hemos pescado toda la noche cogido vna rana Who kills a man being drunk shall be hangd for him when he is sober Qui tue vn homme estant yure sera pendu quand il est sobre Chi amazza vn huomo essendo ubbriaco sara impiccato essendo sobrio Quien mata vn hombre siendo borracho sara ahorcado sobrio When you ride a young Colt see your saddle be well girt Quand vous montez vn poulain ayez bonnes sangles Quando montate vn poledro bisogna aver buone cingie Quando
To give two blowes with one stone To lose a Mutton for a little tar or a Pigeon for a grain of rye Better bow then break To buy a cat in a poke All succeeds well to him who hath patience Anoint a clown and he will prick you To rob Peter to pay Paul He is not yet such a fool that he wears the fools coat He hath no more wit then will serve his turn One nail thrusts out the other There is no banding against Fortune An old bird is not caught by nets Fair promises bind fools 'Twixt promising and giving one should marry his daughter A wise woman is the ornament of her house The strongest men kneel to the distaff A true French man was never weary of well doing True jests are the worst Who gives of his own God gives it him back again Who drinks good wine gets ease Death spares not Court nor Cottage The finest shoo comes at last to be out at the heel He is more fool that demands sense of a fool One cannot have too much sense or money He sleeps securely who hath nothing to lose A grand design becomes a mouse The hole too ope under the nose breeds ragged shoes and tattered hose To take a hare with a tabor The wise man observes his time To wash an Asses head one doth but lose sope and time Who stumbles and falls not goes the faster He goes not wrong who goes the high-way Love cough and smoke cannot be hid in a poke To fall into the straw from a great train Better to stumble once then be alwayes shaking He hath a button for every hole That 's money which is money-worth Wind in the face viz. adversity makes one wise All flesh is neither Venison nor Feasant Life here is no sure inheritance There is no life to contentment Gold a friend and wine the older the better If you will discover a clown give him a staff and a gown Salt beef findes the way to the wine without a candle Like King Petauds Court where every one is master The wise man goes alway with the plummet in his hand We must make a shift though with a little You kick against pricks Who sleeps among dogs riseth up with fleas Who offers me all denyes me all The nest made the bird flown To every bird his nest is fairest No nuts without rinds no egg without his shell The work of the Common is no mans work To seek something to be shorn off an egg viz. to be over-critical If thou hast no capon content thy self with bread and onion He beats the bush but cannot take the bird The best ointments are put in little boxes No gold without drosse nor woman without some fault 'T is gold which is worth gold As many heads so many opinions One Ass cannot carry two proud men Like the Arcadian Asse who eats thistles though laden with gold meant of the covetous miser Hear see and hold thy peace if thou wilt live in peace By degrees the Wolf eats up the Goose. He thought that roasted Larks would have faln into his mouth spoken of the sluggard To make God a sheaf of straw Who wants bread wants all things To leap or digress from one thing to another Peace with a little the gift of God There be eyes bigger then the belly A red nose and a great panch is no sign of repentance He 's a fool who yawns before an oven Farewell panniers the vintage is ended Pardon all except thy self Many kinred much trouble Who hath sore teeth hath ill neighbours He serveth ill who serve 's not thoroughly Who will speak well must think well before Who speaks not err's not The lazy loves business already done If wishes were true Coblers had been Kings Who hath a pye in the oven one may lend him a piece of cake He is a fool that makes his Physitian his heir He may boldly swim who is held up by the chin Too pitiful a mother makes a scabby child A Bastard is good by chance bad by nature He is not safe who never had a mishap To put his sickle in anothers harvest To put a good face on a bad matter He comes too dear by honey who licks it off thorns He mocks another who halts himself A handful of good life is better then a bushel of learning The world goes alwayes from bad to worse Fy on avarice 't is a base vice A high climbing a great coming down To the servant the bit of good manners viz. the last bit The morter will smell of the Garlick Go where thou wilt dye where thou ought'st Goods ill gotten go away as they come The calf dyes as well as the cow the Captain as well as the coward He 's a fool who makes a hammer of his fist 'T is late advice one takes when he is a dying If you will learn news you must go to the oven or the mill 'T is the master-wheel that turns the mill Rather let the childs nose be snotty then cut it off To have humble bees in his head A small cause will serve for the wolf to take the sheep A rowling stone gathers no mosse To be at the foot of the wall without a ladder A forward horse a quarrelling man and a flask of wine are of no long continuance He hath piss'd in many snowes he hath suffered much Necessity is half Reason Need makes the old wife trot Born to good means Nurture passeth nature Death spares neither King nor Cobler Physical Proverbs concerning Diet and Health ONe bit drawes on another Money Wine and Women have their good and their poison There 's enough if there be not too much A table without salt a mouth without spittle A brown lass is naturally merry and neat The smell of Camphyre gelds a man Love is fed with young flesh A running horse an open grave Sicknesses come on horse-back go away afoot viz. slowly Who puts not his bread aright in the oven drawes forth crooked loaves Keep warm your head and feet for the rest live like a beast Pain in the hanche a girl in the panch or the womb of a woman with child In the morning to the hills in the evening to the rills or fountains To erre is humane to repent is divine to persevere is Diabolicall Cheese is good when there 's but little Cheese is good that comes from a niggard Fools make Feasts and wise men eat them Fye upon a cloak when 't is fair weather The Physitian is blind at the Gout If thou wilt be quickly fat eat with hunger and drink slowly and at leisure At seventy two 't is time to go warm After a Feast one scratches his head Wine upon milk is good Milk upon wine hurts the bloud An early riser is healthy and careful Hunger makes us dine and pleasure makes us to sup Diseases ending in ik shame the Physitian as Paralytik Hydropik c. Make use of a young Chyrurgeon but an old Physitian A young
Look before thou wilt not fall backward A fine wench a frail gourd A youth well bred neither speaks of himself nor holds his peace being asked The Cuckold knowes much but he knowes more who gives him the horns The world goes round who cannot swim must to the bottome Many do kiss hands which they would see cut off It much avails and costs little to give a good answer to a bad word Women complain women do groan women grow sick when they please The Hare runs well but the Dog that catcheth her better Fools talk of change of times Many things grow in the garden which were never sowed The door doth not like me that hath many keyes Buy not a horse that wags his tail The Ant gets wings to destroy her self the sooner I care not for a pig with bells about his neck Fools and quarrellers enrich the Lawyers Want makes the old woman to trot A foolish ship that hath no ballast Take heed of friends reconcil'd and of meat twice boyl'd Nor the absent is without fault nor the present without excuse Buy not a lame Mule nor marry a Punk in hope to cure either Care not for the tears of a Whore or the bravadoes of a Ruffian Nor table without bread nor army without a Captain Nor wedding without a tabor nor porredge without bacon Nor wheat that grows in valleys or under a shade I neither give nor take like a Iew on the Sabbath Trust not a woman that weeps nor a dog that pisseth 'T is neither my Mill nor Bâ—rn let who will thresh in it Neither eat too much cheese nor expect wit from a boy Nor Hen without Bacon nor Sermon without Saint Austin Neither be daunted by poverty nor lifted up by riches A child a Vineyard and a Bean-garden are ill things to keep Nor mule without a race nor woman without her blemish Go neither to the Physician upon every distemper nor to the Lawyer upon every brabble nor to the pot upon every thirst One finger makes no hand nor one swallow a summer Above God there 's no Lord nor above black any colour If the will fail not there will want no opportunity Leave not the skins till the Galileans come There 's not such an enchantment as good service The Lion is not so fierce as he is painted Meddle not with what doth not belong unto thee The worst jest is the true jest There 's no deaf man like him that will not hear ' There 's no stop without trouble Marriages are not made of Mushromes but of round Duckets You cannot take Trouts with dry breeches There is not so clear a mirror as an old friend There is not a better Surgeon then he who hath been slashed Trust not and thou shalt not be cousened There is no law like that of the club I grieve not that my son hath lost his money but that he will have a revenge All is not Gold that glisters 'T is ill flying away on stilts There is not a better mistress then want and poverty There is no ill but time may ease the smart The Crow cannot be blacker then her wings Seek not Pears of an Elme A good carouse of wine is the best witness The stollen bit is the sweetest Where thou art not Lord command not Speak not till thou be asked and thou shalt be esteemed God strikes not with two hands for he hath made ports to the Sea and fords to the Rivers There is no lock but a golden key will open it Be not a Baker if thy head be made of butter New King new Lawes No good is got without labour A work of the commons is nâ— mans work Every one for himself and God for all To offer much is a kind of denial There are eyes that fall in love with blearness A bleating sheep loseth her bit Words and feathers the wind whirles them about You were a baker before though now you wear gloves Paper and Ink cost money Nicholas divides most for himself A word spoken and a stone flung have no return The words of a Saint and the paws of a cat The Court is cumbersome 'T is Bread and VVine that makes the journey and not the nimble youth Bread with eyes cheese without eyes Speak little hear much and thou shalt not erre There is not a pair of ears for every Sunday Sloth washeth not the head and if it washeth it kembs it not A barking dog never good biter Idleness is the key of beggery Pear Peach and Melon require pure wine Old sins new repentance Give just weight and sell dear To ask much for to get the one half The gray Mule hath lost her prancings To kill Moors on a wall A rouling stone gathers no moss The thief thinks that every one is of his gang An Urinal and a sute in Law in his house whom thou wishest not well More drunk then a sop or spunge I consume my self to do others good Spoken of the candle To preserve friendship let there be a wall between Little wealth and a good will Though the Sun shines yet leave not thy cloak at home For wealth marry not with a lewd man The dog will dance for money Contest but lay no wagers Go not behind at a hill Get a good name Isabel and thou wilt marry well For thy Religion for thy King for thy Kindred and for thine own lay thy life To grease a fat Sow in the tail Cut off the leg of an ill custome He who doth ill an excuse never failes him The main end of all is to serve God and do no ill Love thy Husband as a friend and fear him as an enemy At the years end the dead eats more then the living Whether here or there look well with whom thou goest He overtakes at last who tires not There is no fence against death To give slowly is as much as to deny A friend to all and to no body is all one The love of a Punk the fire of flax and the wind of the tail is one and the same thnig God gives washed hands wherewith to eat Let me go warm and let people laugh as long as they will Take another dog with this bone Be advised by the aged and thy opinion will prevail in Council Old birds are not taken with chaff To whom thy secret thou dost tel to him thy freedom thou dost sel. He who gives thee a Capon give him a leg and a wing Plow deep thou shalt have bread enough Though a lye may darken truth it cannot extinguish it The Creditor hath a better memory then the Debtor A Coward yesterday a Cavaleer to day 'T is good to love 't is better to be beloved Correct the good he will grow better correct the bad he will grow worse A beard wetted is half raz'd To drink and lose the Asses To speak well and do ill is like a broken Sive Marta sings well when her belly is full A wanton wench looks illfavouredly near a
gray beard Writing is the best memory This were to bridle a Calf A secret is good in one better in two ill in three and worse in four The old Ox makes the streightest furrow Thou seekest five feet in a Cat and she hath but four God give Peter a good Easter for he never did me good or hurt To an hasty question a leisurely answer A thin pot and fat Testament To keep a cackling and lay no Egge Every one desires wealth at his own home Every Potter commends his own pitchers The pot that goes often to the water comes home crack'd at last Every bird is pleased with his own nest Every Cock crows on his own dunghil The Cock crows the Hen answers 't is a sad house where there is no corn To repent doth cost dear Every one with his equal Let every one speak in that which he knowes Marry thy Daughter when thou mayst and thy Son when thou pleasest If thou desirest care marry a lewd fellow A forward Horse needs no Spur. A dappled gray sooner dead then tired He falls in the pit he digs for others Like to like and Nan for Nicholas A house with a chimney and a wife with a spindle Like to like The back door is that which spoiles the house After horns comes learning That is a sad house where the Hen crows and the Cock is silent He is fit for any thing The love of a Child like water in a Pannier I like it not well to have a dog in my house with a bell Go to thy Aunts house but not every day Go to thy Brothers house but not every evening A wise man makes every Countrey his own Some are Monks some Fryers The love of a Son-in-law is like the winter Sun A gathering Father a scattering Son A pinching Father a prodigal Son That gate is happy through which a dead wife goes out The wise man changeth counsel the fool perseveres Money and good manners makes Cavalleers It goes ill with that house where the spindle commands the sword Thy Fathers house thy Grandfathers vineyard and thy great Grandfathers Olive-trees Obey thy Natural Father but thy Spiritual more Thou art a Son a Father thou wilt be As thou doest so shall it be done unto thee My Mother warned me I should lay no way-wagers in disputes The Asses son brayes twice a day Don Lope is neither vinegar nor wine A late Child an early Orphan Near is my petticoat but nearer is my smock A tender Mother a turdy Child He is not ugly who resembleth his kindred A long Child-birth and a Girl at last Blind Cheese and eyed Bread is best Who hath a sore tooth hath an ill neighbour He who doth me good is my gossip Who breeds a Nephew breeds an ill plant Above father ther 's no Godfather Poverty is no baseness but an inconvenience The battlements come down and dunghills climb up Iacks rise up and Gentlemen come down Neither go to a wedding nor christning unbid A foolish beast a doltish driver To a good understander a short speaker A Sheep and a Bee a Stone which grinds a Iewel in his ear the old womand wisheth her Son Counsel after the Cunney is gone A small pitcher a small handle At a hundred years end we shall all be saved Two sparrows agree but ill at one ear of corn Where they take out and put nothing in they quickly go to the bottom The evening commends the day and death life Affection is blind reason Against the strength of a Clown put iron between viz. A sword VVho comes last laments first Spoken of a younger brother VVho believes slightly takes water into a sive The Cage made the Pye dead Now that I have a Sheep and an Ass every one bids me good morrow A great ascent must have a great descent No value can be put upon good counsel Ingratitude dries up the fountain of piety Do not misinform thy Physician thy Councellor or Lawyer A new vessel retains the first scent The Ass dead and Barley at his tayl A silver bridge to a flying enemy Find out the good and fear the bad The old man never wants stories at the fire-side or the Sun-shine 'T is tried Alquimy to have rent and spend nothing At the end of 1000. years the Hare returns to her first form Never seek the Pedigree of a good man There 's not a bad thing in Spain but that which speaks Cu Cu take heed thou beest not one With one much and two small ones men grow rich Buy a chain thou dost turn treasure into money Against an ill person the onely remedy is to put earth betwixt thee and him With Latine a good Nag and Money thou mayst travel the world Get a good name and go to sleep The company of one is the company of none the company of two is the company of God the company of three is company the company of four is the Devils company Red and black the colours of Hell Why doth not thy master chide because he is not married The courtesie of the mouth avails much and costs little The counsel of him who loves thee though thou likest it not yet write it down Collerique Sanguin a pure drunkard A hundred Taylors a hundred Millers and a hundred Weavers make three hundred Theeves He who hunts two Hares he sometimes takes one and sometimes none Natural vices last to the grave We ought to praise him who gives us bread There is a large distance betwixt the saying and the deed Gifts do burst rocks God gard me from whom I trust for I shall guard my self from whom I trust not Depart a while from the collerick man and all thy life from a silent man From a small spark a huge fire I saw few die of hunger of eating much a hundred thousand A large thong of another mans leather Thou mayest keep thy selfe from the fire but not from a thief Among colours Scarlet among fruits the Apple From long wayes large lyes Panniers after vintage Take heed of a lewd woman and trust not a good one Of a Sows tail never good Arrow To break ones head and give him a plaister The Devil turns his back to a door that is shut A belly full though it be of hay Take counsel of the aged From a good servant thou mayest become a master Of evils the least to be chosen When thou hast made a turd leave it One Take is worth two I will give thee When God pleases it raines in fair weather A foolish Iudge a short sentence Owe something against Easter and Lent will seem short unto thee Where affection goes the eye goes Tell me with whom thou goest and I will tell thee who thou art Wheresoever thou art do as thou seest My neck akes and they anoint my ankle Take the good Souldier from the plow He went for Wool and he returned shorne Who hath a glass roof of his own let him not throw stones at his neighbours Who
have no tithes The Iron must be beaten while 't is hot Keep touch with the time When thou seest thy neighbours beard peel away wet thine own Do not speak all thou knowest do not judge all thou seest and thou shalt live in peace When the Pilot promiseth mass and wax it goes ill with the Galley Like King like people When the frog hath hair thou wilt be good Better double then break I would have my son witty but not over witty You would buy a Mule without a mouth or a tail Fly what dost thou we plough Meant of arrogant men What avails a candle without week Who riseth late must trot all the day viz. Because he is behind hand with his business Who gives all denies all Who speaks ill of the Mare buyes her Who marries for love hath good nights but sorry dayes Who hearkens well answers well If you will have the dog follow you give him bread Who can be free let him not make himself a captive Who loves well forgets late Who hath his skirts of straw fears the fire Who spares finds Who deals in wool distils gold Who dares not adventure let him not pass the Sea Who commends the Ass may he have such a son Who lends money looseth a visitor Who eats and sings riseth off foolishly Who hath a hundred and owes a hundred and one need not fear who hath a hundred and one and owes one hundred and two I recommend him to God Who lies with dogs riseth up with fleas Who goes far to marry either he goes to deceive or to be deceived He that gets out of debt grows rich A cool mouth and warm feet live long He pulls by a long rope who waits for anothers death When a friend asks there is no to morrow If all fools had bables we should want wood For washing his hands none sells his lands Hearken to reason or she will make her self to be heard VVho lives well is learned enough Iest not with the eye nor with Religion He that stayes does his business Into a mouth shut flyes do not enter One grain fills not a sack yet it helps his fellows Honour and profit lye not in one bag The more a woman looks in her glass the less she looks to her house Marry a widow before she leaves mourning Prayers and provender hinder no journey Many kiss the hand whom they wish were cut off The world runs round who cannot swim goes to the bottom The Lion is not so fierce as he is painted He is not poor who hath little but he that desires much Keep not ill company lest you encrease the number He that wipes the childs nose kisseth the mothers cheek VVho lives in hopes danceth without musick VVho tells his wife news is but newly married VVho learns a trade a purchase hath made Gifts enter every where without a winible The Musician keeps shop in his throat An old mans staff is the rapper of death's door Take heed of an Ox before a Horse behind and a Monk on all sides It 's more pains to do nothing then something Every one hath a fool in his sleeve Religion credit and the eye are tender things VVho licks his knife will give little to his servant Better a snotty nose then none at all VVho brings good news may knock boldly VVho pities another remembers himself A great Dowry is a bed full of brabbles Three women and a goose make a market If things were to be done twice all would be wise The easiest thing in the world is for one to deceive himself Who dallies with his enemy dies between his hands VVho is a Cuckold and holds his peace carrieth a hot coal in his heart VVhy is a man a Cuckold because two can do more then one A VVoman and a Cherry paint themselves for their hurt viz. the one to be tempted the other to be eaten The way to make a woman a fool is to commend her beauty You have hit the white An old Father and a broken Sleeve is no dishonour My mother told me that I should debate the business but not bet A hundred out of one womb and every one of a several mind God bring me to live there where an egge is worth six pence i. To a Country full of money There would be no Fortune were she still the same The Prodigal hath as many friends as eat at his table Fortune at last yeelds to the importunity of labour Labour gets the Laurel and takes off the rust from the soul. Adam's son cannot eat bread without labour I know what I know but I will keep it to my self A cunning Fox that lies betwixt weeds makes her self dead that she may catch the prize One needle for the purse but two for the mouth viz. To keep it close One hath the credite another washeth the wool He was but one that never err'd Vertues overcome signs viz. The influxes of the Stars The wise man is deceived but once the simple twice The old woman when she danceth raiseth much dust The wine of Pears nor drink it thy selfe nor give it thy friend Come cackling thou mayst return singing viz. Go with some present of Poultry to the Judge Sell at home and buy in a fair if thou wilt be rich Thirty Monks and an Abbot cannot make an Ass shite against his will Three to one may put a straw in ones arse All fish is flegm and all games imposthumes You have one dead in your house and you go to mourn for another i. every one hath grief enough of his own A gamester a gamester the name tells thee he is a thief A little gives contentment Soles and wine makes the body go From blowing coles there comes a flame and from ill words a quarrel If John wisheth me well his works will shew it If thou hast a mind to beat thy wife let her bring thee water to the sun-shine for there thou mayst find some mote or other that may be a ground for a quarrel If thou wilt have pleasure endure some pain If thou desirest to be sick wash thy head and go to sleep If thou desirest to be fat eat with hunger and drink leisurely If thou wilt know the value of a Crown go and borrow one If thou wilt have a good servant take him before he hath dowle on his chin If fools did not go to the market ill wares would never be sold. To pray unto the Saint till the danger is past Who goes with ill company breaks his foot or his hip-bone Who doth not appear is perished Wilt thou tell the fool what he is call him a two-footed beast Who meets not with some ill luck takes a surfeit of the good Who hath no honey in his cruce let him have it in his mouth Who promiseth puts himself in debt Who sowes thistles reaps prickles Who hath no money hath no grace Cayre an old Spanish coin Who loves well sees afar off Who eats his Cock alone let him saddle
the shears VVhere no discretion is there is danger He that cannot bear with his servant must serve himself Give the cat meat or feed mice He that will not give what is dear shall not have what he desires VVho cannot fell trouse will ne're fell a tree or if young a cow old a coward A sluggard is going stil but stirs not Power weakeneth the wicked Power descrieth a thievish crue Smoke a bad sign they say A sign hath no Bucks side A bad bow that will not bend An orle chip in a cats cheek A clean bosome a beesome or blessing A bone bad meat for an old man Every fault breeds fear Teach a Dogge to the Dayrie and he will goe thither dayly A fighting skit a foul scab A sober man a soft answer In his own house each man is master Envy breeds back-biting All would gain gold A great bruise brings grief That rasor's keen that shaves clean Few by signs know what thou sayest If thou play the fool stay for a fellow If thou do not well beware VVhat God sends man censures VVhat ere is veyled will be revealed He that makes the song is the author sure Who does well deserves well Who bad will do swears deeply too Deceive and be deceived Each bad one waits a bad houre Much drink makes drunk Greediness breaks Nicks neck Old trot why wouldst break thy thigh The brave steed fails that founders Pride Sir Poore without support Pride far-fetchd fie Bread and butter one bit is A lazy calf laughs coldly Divide and diminish The shallow channel chimes Thimb thumb say some If all had what they liked then none would long A Lions heart boyls with heat Anon anon quoth the Kite The hogs grace is the grease A kind heart happy A whore sometimes sheddeth teares or a shameless lock sometimes leaks A rash man roves Anger notes bad nature A rash lout laughs loud Up start and new come bids himself welcome A greedy gut would all get Cry and ho wt the deaf cries ha Blood no base spot on a spear Green where the army graze Be healthy be hilarous Be jovial be joyful Sick language sayes I languish Great ones bark boldly One cannot mourn and be merry A thief most stout best keep out The valiant chargeth wisely not wildly A woman quell'd will be quiet Bad words make a woman worse Brave though ill bred Lick well and look well or feed well and fight well A mad part to be malapart Play the cat even to the tail Blossomes e're May not good some say The more wolves in shape the worse for the sheep The Carres will have a second course Long sick at length sink The elder you die the more you dote The parents presence the young mans prison Lineage pleads well lin'd takes place The hens foreshew a morning shower A woman merry a red morning VVhen the string is streightest it breaks with stretching A rich gull gathers and the son scatters An old wife dreams what she dreads All fidlers are fellows Rash judgement soon spent or a fools bolt is soon shot Victory woundâ— and death aâ—tidates Spend with one spare with both hands The devil take the curs'd cat To wake a dead corps with cold water Make goose pond of ducks puddle Cast brine salt into the sea A pâ—t brimful and foule A dwarf may be a monsters mother Few fairie-mouth'd The deaf man hath his mate Short sweetness breeds long sorrow A good tale never too tedious Good and loved not long lived Twisted thrid fears no threats Do well and have well The mill that talketh hath toll Look for him that bears the bell under his steeds belly Look for muske in the myskin Fair summer greets yet it maketh winter grievous A man stout firmer then stone Ever heavy never hearty The Welsh knoweth well the Saxons good will VVantons never keep counsel A hundred love and a hundred leave me Aged and ached The dog doth toil so doth his tail A hundred sweethearts in a house He singeth odd without an ode The Romans old Odium's Owen Cyfeyliogs villaines or Odium's A friend bars nay in time of need VVhat man hateth here God hateth in heaven A sharks haunt soon hated A bramble tupp turbulent Truth not loved where not allowed The mare lame the colt the like The bumme hole 's shut when the fart's shot What ere is new is noble or if new prised then praysed The loss being great look the mothers recruit Passion wardeth inward Provide for thy ship or sink If thou be skilful reveal not thy skil to a fool The sea is the Lords cell or cellar Young and tame sharp in time Praise a good woman I pray Hard reading a dumb mans meaning Well girt well goes Love thy sister notwithstanding disasters Death's capp's capacious or death to all sorts pertains A snarling cur hath a scurvy coat Hunt all games have no gains A message too late lost Without penny penury Light knit easily unknotted A horn heard soon though hardly seen See to thy seed A leg thought a thigh My thought runs where my love rests Call God neere when thou dost neeze Know a lout by his load The hen flaunts on the floor A good cow ever a milking runs over Hee looseth many a good bitt that striveth with his betters Hang the poor hen The Beare pressed in the Lions presence or strike the man before the master Rub a churles tail he will give thee a turd or speak a churl fair he will spit in thy face The dog bites hard the bone's harder Pinch worse then pincers A fool laughs a life The hen's beak her mind doth speak or the face without shewes what 's within An old man is sick Death ensueth Shake a row like a reed A short sword a fools supersedeas Once steal ever stayed make much of a steer when the rest is stolne Fall hard and clean not on fowle clay Death falls the rich in the ridge Strange a cock tied in a cowes tine Goods long tried not to be trusted Hasty yet wise and wary Though day be long night comes at last What is nine dayes kept close nine moneths discloseth Eat with a Lords son play not with his Lordship As long as the cart calls it carries All ought to plead for the plow The colt stout as the stallion A greedy gut would all get Old wives medicines sins The hand finds where it feels Be a friend to the free Contemporaries good and gaudy The rich man sells the poor man seals The heart and pate in plots copartners Confession free Wranglers brats and brawlers Mans years as Iron As easie as the mouse trips in the trap As soon doth the lambs skin as the sheeps skin march to the market A plea after judgement The old if not fond offend not At â—ome the churle keeps the chair See the begger looks big The kilâ—â— sooner burns then the barn A waâ—câ—man hies to stand on high As good not stir as ride on a staff As