A fourth hundred of epygrams, newly inuented and made by Iohn Heywood

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Title
A fourth hundred of epygrams, newly inuented and made by Iohn Heywood
Author
Heywood, John, 1497?-1580?
Publication
Londini :: [In fleetstrete in the house late Thomas Berthelettes],
Anno Christi. 1560.
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Subject terms
Epigrams.
Proverbs, English.
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"A fourth hundred of epygrams, newly inuented and made by Iohn Heywood." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03174.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.

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Of a man of sawe and his clientes. 2.

Twentie clientes to one man of lawe, For counsell in twentie matters did drawe. Ethe one praiyng at one instant to speede, As all at once wolde haue speede to proceede. Freendes all ({quod} the learned man) ile speake with none, Tyll one barber haue shauen all, one by one. To a barber they went all togyther: And beyng shauen, they returnde againe thyther. Ye haue (quoth the lawyer) taryde longe hence. Sir (quoth one) twentie coulde not be shauen sence▪ Of one barber, for ye well vnderstande, One barber can haue but one shauyng hande. Nor one lawier (quoth he) but one talkyng tung Learne client{is} this lesson of this lawier sprung.

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Like as the barber, one after one must shaue, So clyentes of counsailours, counsaile must haue.
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