Paroemiologia Anglo-Latina in usum scholarum concinnata. Or proverbs English, and Latine, methodically disposed according to the common-place heads, in Erasmus his adages. Very use-full and delightful for all sorts of men, on all occasions. More especially profitable for scholars for the attaining elegancie, sublimitie, and varietie of the best expressions.

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Paroemiologia Anglo-Latina in usum scholarum concinnata. Or proverbs English, and Latine, methodically disposed according to the common-place heads, in Erasmus his adages. Very use-full and delightful for all sorts of men, on all occasions. More especially profitable for scholars for the attaining elegancie, sublimitie, and varietie of the best expressions.
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Clarke, John, d. 1658.
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London :: Imprinted by Felix Kyngston for Robert Mylbourne, and are to be sold at the signe of the Vncorne [sic] neere Fleet-bridge,
1639.
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Proverbs, English.
Proverbs, Latin.
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"Paroemiologia Anglo-Latina in usum scholarum concinnata. Or proverbs English, and Latine, methodically disposed according to the common-place heads, in Erasmus his adages. Very use-full and delightful for all sorts of men, on all occasions. More especially profitable for scholars for the attaining elegancie, sublimitie, and varietie of the best expressions." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A18943.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 4, 2024.

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Multa novit vulpes ve∣rùm echinus unum magnum.

Simia non capitur la∣queo.

Chimaera.

Palinodiam canere.

Volaticum jusjurandum.

Leo prius, nunc leporem agit.

Sesqui-Ulysses.

Arte Pelasga.

Anima nunc huc, nunc fluctuat illuc.

Astutam rapido servas sub pectore vulpem.

Polypi caput.

Si leonina pellis non satis est, vulpina assuenda est.

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Saxum volutum non ob∣ducitur musco.

Euripus homo.

Cavendum ab eo qui se∣mel imposuit.

Statua viatores omnes intuens.

Proteo mutabilior.

Chamaeleonte mutabilior

Ex se fingit velut ara∣neus.

Quod mutuavit natura repetit.

Quod commodavit for∣tuna tollet.

Quod paravit virtus re∣tinebis.

Africa semper aliquid ap∣portat novi.

Favor nobilium favor mobilium.

Aliud stans aliud sedens loquitur.

Romae Tybur amo ven∣tosus —

Caudâ tenet anguillam.

Modò palliatus, modò togatus.

Lachrymâ nil citius are∣scit.

Mulieris animus.

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Thraces foedera nesciunt.

Quibus nec ara neque fi∣des.

Admirabiles in necten∣dis machinis Aegyptii.

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