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ARcus tensus rumpitur.
To much of one thing is good for nothing: or, a bo•• long bent, at last waxeth weake.
Naturam expellas furca licet vsque recurrit.
A man will be a man, if he haue but an hose on his head: or, a carrion Kite will neuer be a good Hawke.
Ipsa dies quandoque, parens quandoque nouerca.
That will be shal be: or, a Dog hath a day.
Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur.
A friend will help at a dead lift: or, a friend is neuer knowne till a man haue néed.
Arctum annulum ne gestato.
Euery man knowes where his owne shoo•• wrings him: or, a pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.
Similes habent labra lactucas.
Such lips, such Lettice: or, a scabbed horse is good enough for a scabbed Squire.
Omnes qui habent citharam non sunt ci∣tharedi.
All is not gold that gli••ters.
Nemo ante mortem beatus.
All is well that ends well.
Prestat sero quam nunquam sapere.
Better late then neuer.
Aquila in nubibus.
One bird in hand is worth two i'th wood: or, better one bird in the hand, then ten in the bush.
Ne sutor vltra crepidam.
Blind men must not iudge of colours.
Malo accepto stultus sapit.
Wit is neuer good till it bee bought: or, bought wit is best.
Piscator ictus sapit.
A burnt child will feare the fire: or, a burnt child fire dreads: or, penny wise, pound foole.
Lupus pilum mutat non mentem.
Cat after kind.
Quod tibi non vis fieri alteri ne feceris.
Doe well, and haue well.
Difficilia quae pulchra.
Deare bought and farre fet, are dainties for Ladies.
Iisdem e literis comaedia & tragedia compo∣nitur.
As sore wéepeth the child afternoone as fore∣noone.
Sera in fundo parsimonia.
Better spare at brim then at bottome.
Dormienti rete trahit.
Better to be happy then wise.
Simul & misertum est, & interrijt gratia-
Claw a Churle by the taile, and he will soile thy hand.
Sum egomet mihi proximus, tunica pal∣lio propior.
Close sitteth my shirt, but closer my skinne.
Tuo te pede metire.
Cut your coat after your cloath.
Quod satis est sufficit.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Quo plus sunt potae plus sitiuntur aquae.
Euer drinke, euer dry.
Gallus in suo sterquilinio plurimum valet.
Euery Cocke is proud on his owne dung∣hill.
Quisquis amat Ranam, Ranam putat esse Dianam. Suum cuique pulchrum.
The Crane thinkes her owne bird fairest: or, euery man as hee liketh, quoth the good∣man when he kist his Cow: or, he is a kin to the Owle, who thinkes her selfe fairest.
Dantur opes nullis, nunc nisi diuitibus.
Euery man basteth the fat hogge.
Non quiuis rem acu tangit.
Euery man cannot hit the naile on the head.
Qui non litigat, celebs est.
Euery man can tame a Shrew, but he that hath her.
Cuique suum commentum placet.
Euery man liketh his owne child best: or, euery man after his fashion.
Male partum, male disperit.
Ill got, ill spent: or, euill gotten goods neuer proueth well.
Flagitiorum turpis exitus.
E••ill gotten, euill spent.
Fortes fortuna adiuuat.
Faint heart neuer won faire Lady.
Testudo intra tegimen tuta est.
Fast binde, fast finde.
Verbum sapienti sat est.
Few words to the wise suffice.
Ne panes in frigidum furnum immittas.
Fish is cast away that is cast into dry pooles.
Stultum contra stimulum calcare.
Folly it is to kick against a pricke.
Mus non vni fidit antro.
Good riding at two ankers men haue told, for if the one faile, the other may hold.
Canis festinas caecos parit catulos.
Hast maketh waste, or a hasty man neuer lacketh woe.
Capram portare non possum & imponitis bouem.
He may ill runne, that cannot goe.
Timidi nunquam statuerunt tropheum.
He that feareth euery grasse, must not piss•• in a medow.
Quem fortuna nigrum scripserit, hunc non vniuersum aeuum, candidum reddere potest.
He that is borne to be hanged, shall neuer be drowned.
Vindicta tarda sed grauis.
He that killeth a man when he is drunke, shall be hanged when he is sober.
Caedimus in que vicem praebemus crura sa∣gittis.
He that striketh with the sword, shall bee beaten with the scabbard.
Estas non semper fuerit componite nidos.
He that will not when he may, when hee would he shall haue nay.
Crine ruber niger ore breuis pede lumine iuscus.
Rem magnam prestas zoile si bonus es.
He that winketh with the one eye, and loo∣keth with the other, I will not trust him though he were my brother.
Virtus gloriam parit.
He is proper that hath proper conditions.
Accipe quam primum breuis est occasio lucri.
Make hay while the weather shineth.
Hold fast when you haue it.
Patriae fumus igne alieno luculentior.
Home is homely.
Somnia cuncta canum panes, ego somnio pi••cem.
Hope well and haue well.
Si non adsunt carnes taricho contentos esse oportet.
Hunger maketh hard bones swéete.
Non est improbior res altera ventre mo∣lesto.
Hunger pierceth stone walls.
Optimum condimentum fames.
Hunger is the best sauce.
Malum vas non frangitur.
Ill weeds grow fast.
Homo homini lupus.
In trust is treason.
Noli irritare crabrones.
It is euill waking of a sléeping Dogge.
Foelix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum.
It is good to beware by other mens harmes.
Semper tibi pendeat hamus.
It is good to haue a hatch before the doore.
Procul a Ioue pariter atque a fulmine.
Neere the King, neere the gallowes.
Botrus oppositus Botro maturescit.
One good turne asketh another.
Hostimentum est opera pro poecunia.
One shrewd turne followeth another.
Vna Hirundo non facit ver.
One Swallow maketh not a summer.
Alij sementum faciunt alij metent.
One beateth the bush, another catcheth the Birds.
Pennas nido maiores extendit.
Pride goeth before, and shame commeth after.
Merx vltronea putet.
Proffered seruice stinketh.
Multe regum aures atque oculi.
Kings hath long eares and hands.
Mandrabuli more res succedit.
It mends like sowre ale in summer: or the longer the worse, like to my old shooes.
Loripidem rectus derideat.
He should haue a haile pow, that cals his neighbour nitty now.
Difficilia quae pulchra.
Farre fet and déere bought are good for La∣dies: farre fowles hath faire feathers.
Pluris est occulatus testes vnus quam auriti decem.
I will trust my owne eyes better then your report.
Multa nouit Lupus verum Echinus vnum magnum▪
Honest simplicity is better then subtilty: or, I will doe more with my simplicitie, then you with all your craftinesse.
Si Leonina pellis non satis, est addenda vul∣pina.
What might cannot, malice shall: or, hee will either do it by slight or might.
Multa noras oportet quibus Deum fallas.
Frost and falshood will haue a fowle end: or falshood will haue a fowle end.
Dij facientes adiuuant.
What God will no frost can kill: or, help•• thy selfe, and God will help thée.
Cum minerua manum quoque moue.
He that will not when he may, when hee would he shall haue nay: or, lye not in the mire and say God helpe.
Lutum nisi tundatur non fit vrceus.
Win Gold and weare Gold: or, you can∣not be a scholler except you take paine in the s••hoole.
Artem quaeuis alit terra.
A calling no burden: or, a trades man will win his bread in any part: or, a t••ade is easie carried.
In puteo cum canibus pugnat.
He méetes with his match: or hee is fallen with such as he is himselfe.
Aurum habet Tholosanum.
He that washes a Black a moore, or powers water in a siue, loses his labour: or, hee will neuer go the way that he spéeds in.
Tam perit quam extrema faba.
As good neuer a whit, as neuer the bet∣ter: or, there is no reléefe for him.
Qui semel scurra nunquam pater-fami∣lias.
Once a vse and euer a custome: or, he that beggeth fiue Frydaies will not worke a∣gaine.
Occasione duntaxat opus improbitati.
Tis an easie matter to finde a staffe to beate a dogge.
Aries alituram rependit.
I knew he would doe euill for good: or, saue a theefe from the gallowes, and he will help to hang thée.
Qui canem alit peregrinum.
To kisse a mans Wife, or wipe his knife, is a thankless•• office: or, it is a thanklesse thing to féed another mans dogge.
Hirundines sub eodem tecto ne habeas.
Like neuer a Tale teller.
Pro meritis male tractarunt Agamemnon a Grai.
Do the best I can there is no thank for it.
Nemo bene merito bouem immolanit nisi Pyrrhias.
A thankfull man is farre to séeke.
Si quid iuues pluuia leuior gratia est.
Si quid offendas plumbeas iras gerunt.
He is neither well full nor fasting:
I know not how to serue them.
In senem ne quod collocaris beneficium.
It is lost that is done to an old man, and a yong child.
Cum paruula est, bona videtur spina.
Any young thing is pleasant.
Malum lucrum aequale dispendio
Ill got, ill spent: or, I haue lost more then I haue gained by it, or euill gotten goods thriue not to the third heire.
Ipsa senectus morbus est.
No maruell an old man be sicke.
Omnibus gallaritis oportet cristam inesse.
There is no man faultlesse.
Mens non est in centauris.
He is bigge, but hath no courage.
Oui••m nulla vtilitas si absit canis.
A good King, a great Iewell.
Phryx plagis emendatur.
Well with awe, maketh the carle draw.
Arcadicum germen.
A great Lubbard with little wit.
Septennis cum sit nondum aedidit dentes.
He will neuer be wise.