Two hundred epigrammes, vpon two hundred prouerbes with a thyrde hundred newely added and made by Iohn Heywood.
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Two hundred epigrammes, vpon two hundred prouerbes with a thyrde hundred newely added and made by Iohn Heywood.
Author
Heywood, John, 1497?-1580?
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[London :: [In the house of T. Berthelet]],
Anno Christi. M.D.L.V. [1555]
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Epigrams.
Proverbs, English.
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"Two hundred epigrammes, vpon two hundred prouerbes with a thyrde hundred newely added and made by Iohn Heywood." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03173.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.
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Bovvyng and breakyng. clv.
Better bowe then breake, when straynyng shall strerche,Nay, as good breake as bowe, beyonde our retche.
Othervvyse.
Better bowe then breake, I prayse this that ye speake,But sum bend, or be bent and boude, tyll they breake.
Othervvyse.
Better bowe then breake, it is truly spoken.Boude wands serue for sumwhat, so do not broken.
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