one with two Lâ—st the worst night last A poor vertue to upbraid poverty Ill speak ill speed A stormie wife an evill stench or her crooked words doe crash winde A womans words though vile must prevail If a woman stirs expect a storm A mans word out of a Castle is strong Sugred kisses divulge secrets A mans own means his enemies Let go the bad to the good mans barn Lambs words wolves works A gift not show 'twixt hand and sleeve In Church appear after a peal A truant nere speaks truth A Lion once but now ancient A hearth without fire ill favoured Hasty pranks seldome prosper Rash vowes known vain An easie civility to salute A hasty fool ever faulty The poor ever trips on troubles Over warnd ever forgets his errand Ever the gaunt nimbly goes The gross sometimâ—s goes fast In time the child becomes a giant Well goes the case where wisdom counsels Wicked Peers ever perish The poor is sure cast in his suit A womans double negative is a single affirm live Usual to flaunt and fly A wanton lass commonly laughs Where a cross is reard we commonly rest Secrecy shuâ— that endeth in shame or ware ventâ—r tickles in conventicles Drinking over much ever mads The wine in a feast first fits the founder Stollen at length comes to light The vile ever a villain None so stout but have their stains Fat easily sould out of a fat soil Too much care usually miscarries A wanton soul insolent Small blades full quick becomes a rick Enson comes when the bell calls Noble guests nobly give Love too hot turns to hate A lovers part comely port Some of esteem if strange simple seem Noble minded modest or Speak lesse speak learned Dry over head happy After running stay and stand Others distress thy destruction After sin long sorrow Fear dooms damage After showres Phoebus shines Ioind souldiers assault No rain no rushes Ware the alehouse prey but not to pay Seek milk and feed the cowes mouth Man deliberates God delivers He scorns the meat and yet doth eat Where is no kill alike scholars A dream by daylight lightsome God disposeth of the despised Man is appeased by men of peace All look on whom they like A lovely look liberal A modest look beloved The masters eye-bals feeds the beasts belly The day is long yet ends at last Abuse got best forget or the best abuse in battel Mans best candle understanding Of any slow best is the plow The lazy deludes best pleads delay The best part in man to have good manners Practice of goods the best goodness Repent some day thou hast sold dear Good none are without good name My mother had rather be killed then miscalled The wrong side best of a furrow by far The best Surgeon is he of the soul. Silver famine most ravenous A false report rides poast A small gift greaâ— if discreet The best of clothes is a cloak The best play that ends pleasant Speak the dog fair till thou pass the fold Curs to each other currish Frighted young great wrong Trot too oft makes the steed stand A journey not far easily performed Deep lies the hearts language Woe to the man who dines on rotten sheep after rain Hop hip to hip woe is his hap that nothing hath in lip or lap That master hath small cause to sport when his old servant calls to Court Inward disgrace doth grate Disgrace a let be it â—re so little Woe him that God allowes and not believes Woe to him who loves and is not beloved Young of bad fame ever ill name Never do good to a lazy gull Thy bord oft see nere the better be No Court favour a case ill favour'd Bloudy and foule known by his fall Woe nonage that longs for dotage Woe the Mule sees not the master A bad report no scurvier part Woe Lurdans help in harvest Wars civil most savage or None worse to fight then a carpet Knight The worst store A maid unbestowed One wolf lame worse then two lustie Willmots tale worse and worse told Wild goat wilder doth get Dogs run their course but worse and worse That one is bad makes hundreds sad Woe man hath bad woman A house without son sad Done what 's by night day brings to light Vide Cywala White hairs and gray are pilgrimes Water gives place throw in what thou please Wounds and blood wanton play Vide Chwarae c. Strive who is strongest Others kine ne're think they are thine Vide Chawreuid c. A servant that doth please nere wants a place A good servant is his Lords shield and should The easiest work and way is to beware A servant and subservant to a piper viz. a puppy Haste to the hive ere the Bees depart or Manly and bold though a Boy On the nights work the day descants Sip after the sound A trade love without largess Love good parts without patience Play Fortunes game to the last gasp Wounds green do grieve See two for one He sees his ear with his eye Better free then Miser be Better courteous then curtal Better in a Coach with the courteous then in the Fire with the furious Better want the maine then want the mountain Sooner exiles from Groves then exits from Graves Better lie in grave then live in grief Better borrow then beg Better the poor mans prayer then the preying of the mightie Better end of Dee then basest of Bucks Better every mans good speech then spight Better bonny then base Better beast barren and few then none in fold Better something in purse then nothing in poak Better stay then stumble Better sit a while then stand a while Better live and do then ly dead Better keep now then seek anon Better lose a pin then lose a penny Better dy one then dy all or Better dy one in a hundred then a hundred for one Better a kinsman near then I know not where Better a friend in court then penny in purse Better penny in silver then any brother A songs life the delivery Better never stand then ly still Better rags and patches then rents and breaches Better Cookdom then Kingdom Better trade then traffick Better lean whole then fat unwholsom Better churl present then charitable absent An aged mans counsel best kept uncancelled Better Art then Experience Better lodâ—e a Ranter tâ—en a Robber Better play faire then fight Better a bungling â—arpenter then bad Smith Better God then gold Better hope in God then despair of good hap God best priz'd when most prais'd Betteâ— Gods Arm then Earths army The Cooks hand 's smooth the Laundress smarts Better the Artificers head then hand Better a mean then too much Better scourge the man that will not mend Better man to see then phantasie Better looke on a man shiting on a turf then hewing of a tree Better a beast sold then bought Better sit on straw then on the floor Better Lord not enter then entertain A woman loves to gad more
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
to marry This is understood of one that hath long nails It seemeth he hath ill neighbours This is meant of one that prayseth himselfe too much He hath no cold at his feet This is understood of those which sometimes are constrained to sell their commodities at a lower rate then they are worth because that having cold in their feet they may goe warm themselves at the fire and so vice versa A cloak is not made for one showre of rain This is meant of a friend that is made to doe more then one pleasure He thinks himself to be Caca of Reggio This is meant of a Braggadocian or vain glorious man for when the Gibelines of Reggio were very powerfull there was one Caca that was a tall Giant-like man who carried alwayes a great barre of iron wherewith he had killed divers of the Guelphies who were then enemies to them of Reggio in that great long civil war that happened in Italy A man doth never grew the poorer by giving almes Because almes are lent to God who is a good pay-master The first Hog and the last Dog This is meant that the first pig of a Sow and the last puppy of a Bitch is the best Hedges have no eyes but they have ears This Proverb giveth caution that we should be wary what to speake and in whose presence God deliver me from a winching Mule from the bleak North-wind and from a Latine woman Viz. From a woman that pretendeth to be too wise God deliver me from him who hath no teeth Viz. From a smooth-tounged and flattering enemy Who hurleth stones at Heaven they fall upon his head Viz. Who resisteth the good will of God his businesses goe from bad to worse You will have me go to dwell at Montova Viz. You will have me swallow a Spider and play the Bankrapt and so go dwell at Mantova the refuge of bankrupts He is betwixt the bed and the couch That is he is ill disposed for when men are not well they sometimes use to lie on their beds sometimes on their couches Who engageth for another enters at the large hole and cometh out at the streight A caveat not to enter into bonds for another There goes more then one white Asse to the mill This is used when one taketh a thing to be his because 't is like his The quartan ague doth well with the Lion Viz. Some crosses and fits of sicknesses do well with a strong or proud man Thou hast crack'd the egg in my mouth This is meant of those that thinking to speak of a business another speaketh before I have more business then London Fornaces at Christmass Viz. I have more to do then I can turn my hands unto Wine hath the complexion of a Lamb a Hogg an Ape and a Lion Viz. When one is drunke then his humour and natural disposition is discovered Few Princes go to heaven Because there are but few of them as it was preached before the Duke of Savoy who is Prince of Piemont LETTERA PIACEUOLE Composta de PROVERBI Dell ' ARSICCIO Academico Intronato in Siena A PLEASANT LETTER Composed all of PROVERBS BY ARSICCIO One of the VVitts of Siena Gentilissima SIGNIORA HOr chio sono al sicuro mi voglio pur cavar questa maschera non intendo più far lo sciocco Sorella mia voi ui sete ingannata a credere che quello Arsiccio che faceva il balordo fosse buono Egli era più falso più latino più malitioso ch'il Diavolo del Inferno E se bene faceva la gatta di Masino egli haveua il pane in mano èl rasoio alla cintola come colui cha ha fatto d'ogni lana un peso accennava a coppe dava danari cercando s'ha esse potuto pigliar duo colombi a una faua Ma la sorte volse che altri si levò prima di luy perche l'huomo propone Dio dispone Egli si pensò d'andare a pascere andò ad orare però disse ben coluy i sogni non son veri disegni non riescono chi mal pensa mal dispensa altri disse mal habbia disse bene per che è giusto chi chi cerca briga la trovi a sua posta chi potendo stare cade trà via s'ei si rompe il collo a suo danno sia Mà il male non stà sempre dove si pena che il mondo è tondo doppo la notte viene il giorno Et come si dice ogni tempo viene a chi lo può aspettare a chi rincresce pongali a sedere Cosi farò io ne mi spavento di quel che si dice che chi vive a speranza muor cacando chio ho prisciatio sopra neve so hoggimai quanti pani fanno una coppia quanti paia fanno tre buoi conosco benissimo un bue frà cento persone per dir meglio conosco j miei buoi nè mi credo ingannare che come sapete più sà il matto in casa sua ch'il savio in quella d'altri è basta Mà potreste dire tardi torno Orlando Jo vi rispondo che il bene non fù mai tardi pero anchorche la pietra sia caduta nel pozzo châ—io vegga che gli è un zappa in acqua ò come dicono gettar le fave al muro non si può scorzare il popone Ci bisogna poi ch'habbiamo tocato il culo alla cicala ch'ella canti se bene egli è un stuzzicare il formicaio un attizzare il fuoco e ' non importa quel che hâ— da esse convien che sia chi nasce mato non guarisce mai Jo sono oca oca convien ch'io muoia Et se bene fò il cane dell ' â—ortolano patienza voi sapete che chi si contenta gode io godo poiche la casa bruccia io mi scalderò â—ur le mani se io duro nelle scartate mio danno il è peggio che morire Costoro dicono che il mutar costume e'l sopportare le corna per forza è ad pari di moriâ—e Et pero mi delibero di's borrare un tratto dir come il coâ—so se coglie coglie se non sparge a chi toca tocchi A me basta mostrare che non son'io quel che hà dato al cane poi che ho cattivi vicini bisogna ch'io ni loda da me stesso se bene dicono che chi loda s imbroda Basta ch'io possa dir per voj moâ—ij ò viddi che mi pianse veggio per prova che l'alegrezze di questo mondo duran poco che tutto quello che riluce non è oâ—o Egli è mala cosa l'esser cattivo
carrieth the Cross on his breast and the Devil in his actions An Egge is better to day then a Pullet to morrow A handful of Nature is better then an armful of Science By little and little the old Woman spinnes the bundle of flax Owe money at Easter and Lent will seeme short to thee A suit in Law and an Vrinal bring a man to the Hospital Who never lyes comes not of good Kinred There 's no family but there 's a Whore or a Knave of it From the glances of a Drab and the turn of a Die take heed Guests and Fish stink in three dayes Giving of Almes never lightens the Purse One can never make a streight Arrow of a Sowes tayl Be rather a Mulberry then an Almond-tree viz. Be rather slow then hasty A long-nos'd man seldom a Cuckold A Hedge lasts three years a Dog outlasts three Hedges a Horse three Dogs a Man three Horses a Stag three Men an Elephant outlives three Stags Who knows little tells it quickly I care not for Saints that piss Who hath money hath what he will Who shelters himself under leaves is twice wet Who spits at Heaven his spettle falls on his face Understood of blasphemers When thou art with thy wife belly to belly yet do not tell her all things thou knowest When it pleaseth not God the Saint can do little When all tell thee thou art an Ass 't is time for thee to bray When ill Fortune lies asleep let none awake her Who labours can want no houshold-stuff Who buyes and sells feels not what he spends Neither for company nor for counsel lose thy own hold Nor weeds in thy corn nor scruples in thy friend The heart bears up the body Let the miracle be done though Mahomet doe it One finger makes no hand nor one swallow a sommer Neither take too young a boy nor kinsman nor one that is intreated for thy servant Nor so old that she eates with a wryed mouth nor so young as to be a wanton Take heed of a winching mule and a Latine woman Nor a prophecying Maid nor a learned Wife Nor eyes in letter nor hands in chests When the mouth is shut the flies cannot enter Change of weather the discourse of fools The Dog wags his tail not for thee but for the bread Duggs draw more then Axietrees or Wheels A blush in the face is better then a blot in the heart Grief of many turns to pleasure A pawne in Chest is better then a pledge in the Market Mother and daughter wears one smock viz. they are of one nature Buttocks abed draw more then Bulls in a fallow Better be a fool then obstinate Therefore a man is a Cuckold because two can do more then one There is not such an enchantment as good service In the mouth of the wise a publick report is a secret They are not all men that piss at the wall All is not true that the Tabour sounds Marriage is not made of Mushromes but of good round Cakes All the fingers are not of one length viz. all men are not equal There 's no such Doctrine as that of the Ant. Who hath a trade hath a benefice He is not poor that hath little but he that covets much All the fat is fallen into the fire There 's nothing so bad as to want money Wheresoere thou goest there 's three leagues of ill way He is as sure as March in Lent A body alone neither sings nor weeps There 's no house but hath something not to be spoken of Do good there 's no matter to whom VVords and feathers are tossed by the air Grief for others hangs by a hair The word of the mouth like the stone of a sling VVhen the Urinal came John Pasqual was dead VVho pisseth and doth not fart goes to the Court and sees not the King VVho will have a hansome wife let him chuse her upon Saturday and not upon Sunday viz. when she is in her fine cloaths The wise man changeth counsel the fool not He knows one point more then the Devil spoken of a cunning fellow The day thou dost marry thou dost cure or kill thy self A man is taken by the beard and a woman by the thred Let 's pray to God by Saints but not by so many The secret of one God knows the secret of three the whole Countrey God comes to visit us without a Bell viz. without noyse The foot on the Cradle and the hand on the Distaff a sign of a good Houswife Nor corn that grows in a valley nor wood that grows in the shade He is blind enough who sees not through the holes of a Sive Men purpose but God doth dispose Get once a good name and sleep at leisure The words are good if the heart be so VVho sings scares away his sorrows 'T is better to leave to an enemy at ones death then to beg of a friend in ones life That delay is good which makes the way the safer Welcome cross if thou comest alone A compleat house in the other world His bread fell into the honey-pot viz. he got by the mischance A frown and instruction makes a good child of an ill That which makes Peter sick makes Sancho well As the Abbot sings the Sexton answers There 's no fence against fortune Too much familiarity breeds contempt One much and two little make men rich Sope is lost on the head of an Ass. A courtesie of the mouth is worth much and costs but little I will not jest with my eye nor with my faith That which cures the lungs hurts the spleen He cries wine and sells vinegar God gives wings to the Ant that she may perish the sooner spoken of ambition and honour From idleness business is bred i. trouble He hath two looks but one face A large thong of another mans leather To break ones head and give him a plaister One Take is better then two promises A scabbed colt a good horse Let 's leave Fathers and Grandsires and be good of our selves Never a good work of a grumbling servant Think leisurely and work speedily God guard me from the stroak of a Gander viz. from a goose-quill or Scriveners shop Hell is full of good intentions Happy is he that growes wise by other mens harms The Frying-pan told the Kettle get thee hence thou black ars God consents but not always They speak worse of him then Mahomet spoke of bacon God gives us whereat to laugh but not at foolish Children Tell thy friend thy secret and he will lay his foot on thy throat VVheresoever thou goest do as thou seest VVhere old men do not haunt crowes do not croke My noddle akes and they anoint my ankle To hurle the Helve after the Hatchet The Sergeant and the Sun are every where Pardon is superfluous where no fault is committed The crumpshouldered sees not his bunch yet he sees that of his companions Cure your sore eye with your elbow viz. do not touch
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
to Heaven is to pass through Hell God striketh with the left hand and stroaketh with the right The Glutton diggeth his grave with his teeth He hath good parts but a fool hath them in keeping The Church-yard like a Chessboard-bagg where all mates meet Better to commend the vertue of an enemy then flatter the vice of a friend Choler opposed is like a rapid torrent meeting with a damm Spanish wares better then Spanish warrs Opinion the greatest Lady that swayeth the world Warm but do not burn thy self at the fire of Passion Take heed of a speedy friend in France and of a slow enemy in Italy Who goeth to right himself by Duel may receive a greater wrong then the former A wavering man like a skeyn of silk the least thing entangleth him The upbraiding of a courtesie half as bad as ingratitude Pride a flower that groweth in the Devils garden French women are so kind that at first entrance you may have acquaintance and at first acquaintance you may have entrance Where Mars pitcheth his Tent Venus pitcheth her Pavilion Thank that sinn which moveth thee to Repentance Prayer maketh the first rain fall but Prayse the second 'T is further from London to Highgate then from Highgate to London Who is too familiar with his master stands too near the fire He is a sory souldier who stayeth for fair weather In Gods House there can be no excesse of Reverence The patient man is alwayes at home The second Century DO thou thy best and leave to God the rest Had I left one of my ears in Scotland I should hardly go thither to fetch it again The Presbyterian maketh Oaths his Engines to lay battery to the soul. The Sword maketh Reson where he findeth none One may draw a damn'd soul out of Hell as draw a peny out of his purse The King represents God the Parlement the People tell me who is highest Peace with Heaven the best friendship 'T is good to be an Athiest 'mong them who make gold their god If we knew what would happen we should be all Politicians Nor walk nor water thy hott nagg So he will carry still thy bagg In a hundred pounds of Law there is scarce an ounce of Love The way to improve thy Learning is to teach another Ther 's many husbands able Arithmeticians yet they cannot multiply While the Cow chewes the cudd the Horse still eateth Go to bedd dry thou needst not fear death before the morning A Translator is an Author as a Cobler is a Shooe-maker Some Gentlemen are better then Knights as Chancery-lane is better then Knight-riders-street He lives in as much plenty as a Millers Cock If the Lion saith the Fox hath horns he must have them New-England hath undone the old viz. With distractions Ther 's no danger to prostrate thy self at a Crosse all the while thy mind is prostrate to thy Creator Schismaticks like Snakes though cutt asunder yet the pieces will cling again together Excise and plunder though Dutch words yet are they of the Devils hatching Live in compasse so thou may'st whett thy knife at the Counter-gate A wife were a fine Book if she were an Almanack that a man might change her once a year The Apple groweth on the Tree not the Cyder To live among bad men is worse then banishment The Pox in the bones not curable till the Resurrection Let thy Conscience be thy judge here that he may not be thy accuser hereafter A Booke borrowed is sooner read then a Booke bought Two in the afternoon is more then ten in the morning Two heads are better then one said old Weymark when he wishd Sir W. Rawleighs head upon Secretary Nantons shoulders Pride is oftner seen through a threedbare coat then through a silk cloak All your horses do amble Sloth breeds the Scurvy 'T is a dear collop that is cutt out of ones own flesh Before thou take for better or worse be sure that one of the two have a good purse The Ducks have merry lifes for they do nothing but tipple and swive Who marries a widdow falleth into a pitt wherein another perish'd The Devil will do me no hurt for I married his kinswoman quoth one that had a scold to his wife A clean-fingerd wife is not alwayes the best huswife The way to loose a Friend is to lend him money Day and Truth may be discernd through a little hole In marriage the Toung tieth a knott that all the teeth in the head cannot untie afterwards Hang pinching let ts drink the tother pott we shall never do it younger The sweet savour which Vertue leaveth behind is better then the black sudds of Vice With Time and Art the Mulberry leafs grow to be sattin Rather bribe then loose thy right Mans body is but the thorough-fare of sheep and Oxen. Who laughs at his own jest is like the hen that cackles when she hath laid an egg Deeds are Iohns and words Nans Man is Nature's student The Presbyterian a Jew of the New Testament Holland a great Cow and Amsterdam the Udder A true Cardinal should have his soul in sackcloth though his body be in Scarlett I care not much that my son is drunk but that he will have a hair of the same dogg the next day The truest Chastity is tried in hott bloud Corruption sticks to humane nature as rust to brasse VVhere diffidence begins friendshipp ends The cholerique man more often abroad then at home In Heaven all desires turn to fruition Education mendeth Nature as sawce doth meat He is as much puzzled as one going up Ludgate hill in a stopp of coaches and carts The conquest of the Passions the prime trophey of Vertue For one hollow Tooth pull not out the sound ones Fâ—om a long P. the Lord deliver me viz. Parl. The Rebell useth to fire the Beacon when ther 's no danger Rather then burn venture a fall out of the window Reputation like a Venice-glasse easily crackd England useth to have too many tears in her eyes i. Rain Choler hath more heat then light Garlick the poor mans Treacle The way to go right is to tread the paths of our Progenitors We think Lawyers to be wise but they know us to be fools Who goeth for his money before the day need carry a lantern and candle with him Warr which beggars others maketh the Hollander rich All mischiefs from the North proceed Witness what came from Thames to Tweed Ireland a good Goose to be pluckd What 's palpable to sense needs no proof by reason Every one that hath a deaths-head in his study is not mortified The wings of Rebellion should not onely be clipd but seard Up hill the knees down hill the thighs labour most Who parts with his estate before he dieth is a fool in Folio One day thrust's on another still Old Moons do fail and new ones fill Zeal like fire dangerous if it breaketh out of the funnell of the chimney Where there is no Law broken