NO Labour wantes deserued meede,
no taken toyle is voyde of gaine:
No grounde so batren, but the seede,
and somewhat more wyl yeelde for paine.
Florio his firste fruites which yeelde familiar speech, merie prouerbes, wittie sentences, and golden sayings. Also a perfect induction to the Italian, and English tongues, as in the table appeareth. The like heretofore, neuer by any man published.
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- Florio his firste fruites which yeelde familiar speech, merie prouerbes, wittie sentences, and golden sayings. Also a perfect induction to the Italian, and English tongues, as in the table appeareth. The like heretofore, neuer by any man published.
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- Florio, John, 1553?-1625.
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- [London] :: Imprinted at the three Cranes in the Vintree, by Thomas Dawson, for Thomas Woodcocke,
- [1578]
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- Italian language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English.
- Italian language -- Conversation and phrase books -- English.
- Proverbs.
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"Florio his firste fruites which yeelde familiar speech, merie prouerbes, wittie sentences, and golden sayings. Also a perfect induction to the Italian, and English tongues, as in the table appeareth. The like heretofore, neuer by any man published." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A00990.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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For paine? why then should FLORIO feare,
To reape the gaine, he merites heare.
Which gaine, is onely good report,
and honour due for taken toyle.
Which graunt hym wyl the wiser sort,
for whom he tylles this fertile soyle.
And settes the slips in English lande,
Of Tuscane tongue, to spring and stande.
As for the rest, if they requite
his labour yl, what may he say?
I haue this done for their delight,
and they for paine disdaine me pay.
Ma non importa, sith tis so,
Ile please the best, the rest shal go:
Bent to content.