Of Hauynge, lxxii.
Better to haue then wyshe, nay ye may so craue,
That better to wyshe ten tymes then once to haue.
Othervvyse.
Better to haue then wyshe, not alway cosyn
What yf ye rashely wysht strypes nowe a dosyn.
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 June 3, 2024.
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Othervvyse.
Better to haue then wyshe. better haue as we haue
Then to haue at wyshe all that wyshers wolde craue.