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f. a5r p. 6[101.]. Preſſe a ſtick, and it ſeemeſeems a
youth.
[102.]. The tongue walkeswalkes, where the
teeth
ſpeedeſpeed not.

p. 7
Jacula Prudentum.   7

[103.]. A fairefair wife and a frontirefrontier Caſtle
breede
quarrels.quarrels,
[104.]. Leave jeſting whiles it pleaſeth,
leſt it
turneturn to earneſt.

f. a5v
   Outlandiſh Proverbs.

[105.]. Deceive not thy PhyſitianPhyſician, Con-
feſſor
,
nor Lawyer.
[106.]. Ill natures, the more you askeask
them, the
more they ſtick.
[107.]. Vertue and a Trade are the beſt
porti-
on for Children.
[108.]. The Chicken is the CountriesCountreys,
but the
CitieCity eateeats it.
[109.]. He that gives thee a Capon, give
him
the leg and the wing.wing,
[110.]. HeeHe that lives ill, fearefear followes
him.
[111.]. Give a clowne your finger, and he
will
take your hand.
[112.]. Good is to beebe ſought out, and e-
vill
at-
tended.
[113.]. A good pay-maſterpaymaſter ſtarts not at
aſſu-
rance
s.
[114.]. No Alchymy to ſaving.
[115.]. To a grate fullgratefull man give mony
when
he askeasks.
[116.]. Who would doedo ill ne’re wants
occa-
ſion
.
[117.]. To fine folkes a little ill finely
wrapt.
[118.]. A child correct behind and notbehind, and not
be-
fore.

f. a6r
   Outlandiſh Proverbs.


p. 8
 8 Jacula Prudentum.

[119.]. To a faire dayday, open the window,
but
make you ready as to a foule.
[120.]. Keepe good men company, and
you
ſhall be of the number.
[121.]. No love to a Fathers.
[122.]. The Mill gets by going.
[123.]. To a boyling pot flies comecomes not.
[124.]. Make haſthaſte to an ill wayway, that you
may
get out of it.
[125.]. A ſnow yeareyear, a rich yeareyear.
[126.]. Better to be blinde, then to ſee ill.
[127.]. LearneLearn weeping, and thou ſhalt
laugh
gayngaining.
[128.]. Who hath no more bread then
needeneed,
muſt not keepe a dog.
[129.]. A garden muſt be looktlook’d unto and
dreſtdreſs’d as the body.
[130.]. The Fox, when heehe cannot reach
the
grapes, ſaiesſays, they are not ripe.
[131.]. Water trotted is as good as oatesoats.
[132.]. Though the Maſtiffe be gentlegentile,
yet
bite him not by the lippelip.
[133.]. Though a lie be well dreſt, it is
ever o-
vercome.
[134.]. Though old and wiſe, yet ſtill ad-
viſe
.
[135.]. Three helping one another, beare
the
burthen of ſixeſix.

f. a6v
   Outlandiſh Proverbs.

 [135a. in Jp52 only] Slander is a ſhipwrack by a dry Tem-
peſt.


p. 9
Jacula Prudentum.   9

[136.]. Old wine, and an old friend,friend are
good
proviſions.
[137.]. Happie is hee that chaſtens him-
ſelfe
.
[138.]. Well may heehe ſmell fire, whoſe
gowne
burnes.
[139.]. The wrongs of a Husband or Ma-
ſter

are not reproached.
[140.]. Welcome evill, if thou commeſtcomeſt
a-
lone.
[141.]. Love your neighbour, yet pull
not
downe your hedge.
[142.]. The bit that one eateeats, no friend
makes.
[143.]. A drunkards purſe is a bottle.
[144.]. Shee ſpins well that breedes her
chil-
dren.
[145.]. Good is the mora that makes all
ſure.
[146.]. Play with a foolefool at home, and he
will
play with you in the market.
[147.]. Every one ſtretcheth his legges
accor-
ding to his coverlet.
[148.]. Autumnall Agues are long, or
mor-
tall.
[149.]. Marry your ſonneſon when you will;
your
daughter when you can.

f. a7r
   Outlandiſh Proverbs.

[150.]. Dally not with mony or women.
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