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"Frühmittelenglische Sprichwörter, [Englische Studien 31 (1900)]." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/CME00139. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 28, 2024.
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De hac litera D.
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He þat a lytul me ȝeuyth, to me wyllyth longe lyffe.
Qui modicum mihi dat,mihi vitam longius optat.
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Ȝefe me and I the,
And so schul we frendus be.
Des mihi demque tibi;sic nos iungemur amici.
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Oft bryngeth on day, Þat all þe ȝere not may.
Sepe dat vna dies, fert1annus quod neque1vnus.
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Better is herde sorow þan seen.
Est dolor auditu tollerabilior tibi visu.
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Euer is my tonge, þer the toth akys.
Quo dolor est dentis, versatur lingua dolentis.
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Ferre jfet and dere j-bowȝt is goode for ladys. Res longe lata bene fit dominabus amata.
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After mete disshes ben rybe1.
Crebrescunt vacui certe post prandia disci.
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Helpe God and haue alle Det Deus auxilium, fiat et omne suum.
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At euene prayse þe fayre day. Vespere detur ei, si laus sit danda diei.
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Seldun comyth on harme and no mo.
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Who is ferre from his disshe, is nyhgh his harme.
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Blessyd be þe peny, þat bryngyth too home.
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Of a litul me ȝeuyth a litul.
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The nere the chyrche, þe fer fro Crist.
Notes
4. Rawlinson-Prov. (Engl. Stud. XXI 16): On dai bringd, thet al ier ne mai; J. Heywood's Proverbs, 1546 (ed. Sharman S. 67): It hapth in one houre, that hapth not in seven yeare.
7. J. Heywood S. 67: Deare bought and far fet are dainties for Ladies; Lyly's Euphues, 1579 (ed. Arber p. 93): Farre fet and deere bought is good for Ladyes; Stubbs, Anatomy of Abuses, 1583 (Oxf. Dict.): Farre fetched and deare boughte is good for Ladyes; J. Marston, Malcontent, 1604 (bei Sharman): Some far fet trick, good for ladies; Beaumont & Fletcher, Wit at Several Weapons, 1647 (bei Sharman): Far fetched; therefore good for you, lady; De∣foe, Tour Gr. Brit., 1769 (Oxf. Dict.): Farfetch'd, and dear bought, is fittest for the Ladies.