Paroimiographia Proverbs, or, Old sayed savves & adages in English (or the Saxon toung), Italian, French, and Spanish, whereunto the British for their great antiquity and weight are added ... / collected by J.H., Esqr.

Moral Proverbs in the Italian Toung.

HOnest men use to marry, but wise men not.

An Englishman Italianate is a Devil in∣carnate.

An ounce of mirth is better then a pound of melancholy.

Astrologie is true, but where is the Astrologer?

Our sinnes and our debts are alwayes more then we take them to be.

He hath more business then English Ovens at Christmas.

The fool knowes more of his own house, then a wiseman of an∣others.

He who cannot counterfet a friend, is no dangerous enemy.

'Tis better to have an egg to day, then a 'hen to morrow.

Who fasts and doth no good thing else, spareth his bread, and goeth to hell.

That house is happy which smells of an old man.

He ventures too much, who relies soly upon his own judgement.

VVho hath a wolf for his companion, let him carry a dog under his cloak.

Rather late, then do a thing in hast.

Leafs enough, but few Grapes; viz. many words and few deeds.

The first chapter of fools is to hold themselves wise.

A misfortune, and a Frier seldome go alone.

Many make a conscience to spit in the Chruch who shite after upon the Altar.

The fly which pricks at the Tortoise breaketh her beak at last.

Necessity is an ill guardian of chastity.

The soul hath need of few things, the body of many.

A lean agreement is better th••n a fat sentence.

VVhile the wolf shites, the sheep escapes.

Prudence in the husband, and Patience in the wife.

It is not all butter that comes from the cow.

The world is like a ladder, one goeth up, the other down.

Sparing is the first gain.

If the thing had been to be done twice, the Asse had been our own.

Orlando came too late.

You will make me believe that gloworms are lanterns.

You will find it in the frying, viz. upon trial.

At Shrovetide t'will be known who hath the fat hen.

He who vaunts himself to be wisest, cometh to fall down his asse most commonly.

VVhen the mouth is shut the flies will not get in.

Nothing venture, nothing have.

Who will have fish, must wet his breeches.

Little wit will serve to have good fortune.

That falleth out ofttimes in a moment, which happeneth not in an age.

'Tis better believe then try it.

Force shites upon reasons back.

A galloping horse; a living grave.

If I have the horns in my breast, I will not put them on my head.

He who looks to every feather never makes bed.

Who hath little shame all the world's his own.

The Saint sinne's at an open chest.

Tie the Asse where your master will have you.

From a new host, and an old whore the Lord deliver me.

A hand is sometimes wash'd, that one would see rotted.

I started the Hare, and another took her.

If thou wilt not have it known do it not.

The wrong is not alwayes there where it is laid.

The world's round, and after night comes day.

Who is weary of standing let him sit.

I know well how many loafs make a couple, and how many pair three oxen make.

'Tis an ill thing to be a knave, but a worse thing to be known so.

Soon ripe soon rotten.

In a full house supper is quickly made ready.

If the Sun shines on me what care I for the Moon.

Nothing needs no salt.

Clothes and laughter discover the man.

He hath no wit in his noddle.

He suffereth himself to be led by the nose like a Buffalo.

Friends do ty the purse with a cob-web threed.

VVho hath love in his breast, hath a spur in his flank.

He loveth thee as well as a dog loves Onions.

If thou wilt live with me, bring something with thee.

He is more miserable then Mida, who warmed himself at the smoke of a turd.

That's mine which I enjoy, and give for God.

VVho grants Destiny denieth God.

If I fell backward, I should break my nose, I am so unlucky.

VVho hath a mole over his waste hath great luck.

VVho is born fair, is born married.

Every creature thinks her own fair.

VVho sees thee by day, will not seek thee by night.

She is a remedy against lust.

He is a greater lyar then an Epitaph.

The first pig, the last puppy is best.

Ti's the back door that robbeth the house.

Ride a horse or a mare towards the shoulders, an asse or a ••ule towards the tail.

VVho stands for another, payes for himself.

A promise is the yeeve of the gift.

She is happy who falls in love with an old fool.

VVhen thou canst get good, take it.

My house is my dugg.

VVho eats a Hare, laughs seven dayes after.

An egg without salt doth neither good nor hurt.

He that gives quickly doubles the gift.

Money is round, and so quickly trills away.

A Proverb deceiveth not, measure groweth not less, and pride doth not last.

A hungry asse will eat any straw.

I bear the noise, but others have the nuts.

Bakers and millers are the last that dy of a dearth.

I will do all I can, but little less, that I may last to serve you.

He who will not take pains in this world, let him not come in∣to it.

Who hath children, his loaf is not all his own.

A thing done by force is not worth a nutshel.

who answers suddenly, knowes little.

Who payes before, is served behind.

VVh paints her face thinks on her tail.

I think and think again, so I become a fool, how man is made of the spittle of a tool.

Mischances come by pounds, and go away by ounces.

The worst wheel of the cart makes most noise.

Abundance engenders loathing, and scarcity an appetite.

Curtesans weep with one eye, married women with two, Nunnes with foure.

A man is a kind of pig till five.

The more hast, the worse speed.

VVithdraw thy self from before a woman, from behind a mule, and from all sides of a monk.

It is wisedom to play the fool sometimes.

VVho is bound for another, goes in at the wide hole of the horn, and comes out at the small.

He hath too little of that whereof the bull hath too much, viz. brain.

Neither physick, nor Physition can avail against a mortal diseas

VVho thrives well is accounted wise.

Thou shalt not come into my house if thou bringest nothing.

There is wisedome required to govern foolishness.

A new thought at every step.

He danceth well who hath Fortune to pipe unto him..

Who climbs too high goes to fall.

Too much of good is distasteful.

Who frequents the kitchin smels of smoak.

It is better to slip with the feet then with the toung.

Who suffereth in his good name but a moment, cannot recover it in a hundred year.

Commend the sea, but keep thee shoare,

Commend the hills, but keep thee on the plain,

Commend a wife, but keep thy self a batchelor.

VVho is not something at twenty, nor knows not at thirty, nor hath not at fourty, He never will be, nor will he ever know, nor will ever have any thing.

When thou art an anvil obey the hammer.

Sit still awhile, and thou shalt see thy revenge.

Gaming is a vermin that gnawes to the bone.

Many words, and few deeds deceive wise men and foo's.

Cast not away with thy hands that what thou must seek for af∣wards with thy feet.

Poverty is no vice, but an incommodity.

He knows enough, who knows and holds his peace.

It is a bitter gift that taketh away ones liberty.

He commands enough who obeyes the wise.

The best news is no news.

He asks enough who serves well and saith nothing.

To the infortunate nothing succeds well.

Lust dirtieth young men, and drowns the old.

A liar is not believed when he tells truth.

A merry heart makes a good countenance.

Love requires faith, and faith firmness.

My dear Cousin in borrowing, and the sonne of a whore in re∣paying.

It behoveth a fool to be wise, if he will make his words true.

You cannot spite a woman more, then to call her old, or illfa∣voured.

To him who loves thee not, wish him a scould, a process, or an urinal.

To go to a pigeon house with a taber.

It is a simple thing to leave a memory for one in his Inn▪

In an ill passage honour thy companion, viz. let him go first.

A stout man finds remedy for any thing except death.

A Tree often transplanted bears not much fruit.

The stone yields to the water.

Love with his dart hits all men to the heart.

Tis danger to blame Princes, and flattery to praise them.

That house is happy which smells of an old man.

Assiduity makes all things easie.

A short slip for a cursed dog.

Pride never wants woe.

A mou••h-friend not worth a mite.

Crack me that nut.

Venter an egg for an ox.

The goods of Fortune pass away like the Moon.

Who is born a fool is never cured.

Every thing is better then a wife.

Every ten years one hath some use of another.

Every woman and cow have some blemish.

Every one hath something to do; The poor to get, The rich to keep, the vertuous to learn.

An Ox shites more then a hundred flies.

The bell tolls for others, not for it self.

Give just weight, and sell dear.

Letts take the Bear first, and then letts sell the skin.

To dure, we must endure.

By too many controversies truth is lost.

A small cause makes the Wolf take the Lamb.

The Devil turns his back at a gate shut up.

The thought hath good legs.

The Devil may tempt, but not break ones neck.

Some do kiss the hand they wish were cut off.

He is as well a Merchant who loses, as he that gains.

Three rogues make a gallowes.

A black soyl makes white bread.

All Nations have differing digestions of grief.

Some do nourish a Crow that will peck out their eyes.

A fool and a turd are soon smelt.

Shear thy sheep, but do not slay her.

A table without salt, a mouth without spittle.

That is a pitifull house where the goodman weareth not the breeches.

The third would keep secret, if there were not two more in company.

Too much dispute makes truth to depart.

He erreth as much who holdeth all dreams to be true, as he who holdeth there is none.

God preserve me among my friends, for among my enemies I will defend my self.

Wine hath the complexion of a lamb, a hogg, an ape, and a Lion.

No sooner is a Church built for God, but the Devil erects a Chappel for himself hard by.

You go from the matter.

I lead the life of little mick, I eat, I drinke, and take my plea∣sure.

One hand washeth another, and both the face.

Obey the King, whether just or injust.

There be more backs then one for a saddle to fit.

One pair of ears dry up a hundred tongues.

A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.

'Tis true prosperity to have no adversity.

Wind in the visage makes one sage: viz. adversity.

Go where thou wilt, but dy at home.

A misfortune and a Frier seldome go alone.

One sword keeps another in the scabbard.

He is not a clown who holdeth the plough, but he who doth clow∣nish things.

He who liveth in hope doth dance in a hoope, viz. in a narrow scope.

Who giveth and taketh, a Serpent cometh at his heart.

Who promiseth and performeth not may he stretch in Hell.

A gall'd horse loves not to be curried.

That which is in use hath no excuse.

Who marrieth doth well, who marrieth not, doth better.

Who jeers the lame ought to go streight himself.

Who doth not trust shall not be deceived.

Who takes a wife, takes care.

A stout heart breaks through ill luck.

Who hath not money in his purse, let him have honey in his mouth.

The company of one is no company at all, the company of two is the company of God, the company of three is the company of a King, the company of foure is company of the Devil.

To do disservice for a courtesie.

The belly is sooner satisfied then the eye.

Without money George sings not.

The mice are merry where there is no cat.

When the corn is in the field 'tis Gods and the Saints.

While pride gallops, poverty rideth behind on the crupper.

The more a turd is stirred, the more it stinks.

Love requires foure things, to be wise, to be alone, to be careful and secret.

That which heaven sends we cannot avoid.

When the blind carrieth the banner, woe to them who come be∣hinde.

A word once out, and a stone flung, he labours in vain who seeks them again.

More happy then a butchers dog, or the millers cock.

More worn then the way to Rome.

Dry bread is better at home, then roast meat abroad.

Better be a begger then ignorant.

Wit prevails more then force or wood.

Law, the Taverne, and an Urinall, send a man to the Ho∣spitall.

The words of an Angel, the deeds of a Devil.

Rather a Moore then no body.

A mild sheep is suckt by every lamb.

He hath no bones in his mouth, he is a smooth-toungd fellow.

He is more doubled then an ••ignion: spoken of a cunning fellow

Hunger the best Engine to batter down pride.

The fly which pricks at the Tortoise breaks her beak.

'Tie my hands and feet, and throw me among mine.

He hath blood under his nails, he is stout.

Good words do anoint, but bad do prick.

Many pretend to know all, and know not themselves at all.

While the miser sleeps, the thief wake's.

Obedience is better then sacrifice.

Eat after thy own fashion, but cloath thy self as others doe.

'Tis better to believe many things then to go prove them.

A glass of wine is better then all the Tyber.

Many speak of Orlando who never saw his sword.

He thinks ill that doth not think the contrary.

A Traveller must have the snout of a Hog, the legs of a Deer, and the back of an Asse.

The Mule that laughs, and the woman that fleers, the first will overthrow thee, ehe other will scratch thee.

He sups ill that eats all at dinner.

I spend my self to serve others, viz. a candle.

No man is born a Master in any trade.

He is not freed, who drags his chain after him.

Lets not be wanting to our selves, then let Heaven work.

Do not do it, if thou wilt not have it known.

One cannot drink, and whistle at once.

'Tis no time to play at chess when the house is on fire.

He is not wise, that knows not how to be a fool.

Nurture overcomes nature.

Who payeth before hand hath his work ill done.

Who can have patience hath what he will.

Who is wise in the day, can be no fool in the night.

Who is beloved by God, is visited by God.

Who hath time, let him not stay for time.

Who fears every nettle, let him not piss upon the grass.

Who letteh his wife go to every feast, and his horse to drink at all waters, will have a jade to the one, and a whore to the other.

With money, Latine, and a good nag, one may find a way in e∣very countrey.

Who will have compassion of others, let him not forget himself.

Who marrieth for love hath pleasant nights, but sorrowfull dayes.

The Traveller sleeps five houres, the Student seven, the Merch∣ant eight, and the knave eleven.

A gentleman without money is like a wall without a cross; piss'd at by every body.

Who commends himself, berayes himself.

Every one is the son of his own work.

Who lends money, looseth two things; viz. friend & mo••y.

The Gospel makes Heretiques.

Who speaks sowes, who holds his peace gathers.

To change the trot for the amble.

Orlando himself cannot deal with two.

Money makes Cowheards Cavaliers.

To give the floure to the devil, and offer the bran to God.

The father a saint the son a devil.

Two faces under one hood.

Make me a Prophet, and I will make thee rich.

God make me tall and fat, and I will make my selfe white and fair.

God comes at last, when we think he is furthest off.

There can be nothing done well in haste, but to fly from the Plague.

Think and then do.

If women were silver, they were not worth a farthing, for they would not bear the hammer.

If the mother had not been at the bakers, she would not seek her daughter there.

If a woman were as little as she is good, a pescod would make her a cap and a hood.

He is such a miser, that he would flay a louse to sell the skin.

The femal sex is hurtful.

Who loseth a wife and a peny, hath a great loss of the peny.

A punk is like a coal, it burns or smuts.

He would eat his cake, and find his cake in his pocket.

Study a cotton staff, viz. it consumes one softly.

Blessed be that cross which comes alone.

The French disease is cured but once at a time.

A standing prick carrieth no lantern.

We learn by teaching.

They have tied the tripe together, viz. they are married.

Who hath a head of wax let him not go to the sun.

That gift is bitter which deprives one of his liberty.

A muffed cat takes no mice.

Every one draweth water to his own mill.

Women, priests and poultry have never enough.

A rowling stone gathers no moss.

From an angry fool, from one that reads but one book, from an upstart Squire, from the Physicians recipe, and the Scrivenors etcaetera, the Lord deliver us.

A scabby pate loves not the comb.

Man purposeth, God disposeth.

Above God there is no Lord, above salt there's no savour, above black there is no colour.

Woman is the woe of man.

The tree falls not at the first stroke.

An Ambassador is not punishable.

Ill gotten goods thrive not.

Beat the iron while it is hot.

The Wolf pisseth upon the back of an old dog.

He is streight in the waste.

Free speech without restraint.

Who maketh himself a sheep, the wolf will eat him up.

To fall from the frying pan into the fire.

With time and straw Medlars grow ripe.

Words are women, deeds are men.

Lets be merry, the devil is dead, I, but his sonne is still living.

The hardest step is that over the threshold, viz. the beginning.

Who is born a fool is never cured.

The wolf changeth his hair, but not his humor.

One cannot take fish without wetting.

Who goeth soft, goeth safe.

Who goeth soft and faire, goeth far and safe.

A peny saved is twice gained.

Every streight thing hath its turning.

Good wine needs no bush.

Ask the Vintner whether he hath good wine.

God helps him, who helps himself.

God infatuats those whom he doth not love.

Divine vengeance comes not in hast.

Iest with boyes, and leave the saints alone.

One cannot drink and whissle at one time.

Thou puttst the cart before the oxen.

I would not be alone in Paradise.

We have already eaten our boyes cakes.

A word spoke, and a stone hurled cannot be call'd back.

Delay breeds danger.

Want maketh a good lackey.

Who traceth two hares at once, taketh not the one, and letteth the other go.

Be rather envied, then pittied.

A post looketh well in good clothes, and a milke-maid is as fair as a Madame.

While there is breath, there is some hope.

Where the tooth pains, the toung is commonly upon it.

What one hath by nature it goes with him to his grave.

The hungry Asse eats any straw.

God knows what may happen from hence thither.

Do as you are done unto.

To day above ground, to morrow under.

Neither dog nor cat can get any thing there.

He is rich who is not in debt.

He fears the flies.

Leave every Craftsman his own trade.

There is remedy for all things except against death.

VVho is first at the mill let him grind.

Every bird thinks his own chickins fairest.

To anger a wasp.

A precipice before, and a wolf behind, viz. twixt two dan∣gers.

VVho hath no heart, let him have legs.

Fair words make some amends for ill deeds.

Give something of thine own to the Devil, and turn him away.

VVho covets all hath nothing, or dieth mad.

In that countrey they bind Vines with sausages.

The miser doth nothing well, but when he kicketh up his heels.

Good old Homer dote's sometimes.

Thou wilt teach cats to creep.

A rowling stone gathers no moss.

Little and oft fills the purse.

To be twixt the hammer and the anvil.

The world goes clean cam.

Six feet of earth make all men equal.

VVho speaketh oft, is oft mistaken.

VVho takes a courtesie of another sels him his liberty.

Thou wilt know me better when thou hast me not.

He is thy enemy who is of thy profession.

There are more groans then gladness.

Who doth do deceives not.

To recommend one with good ink.

Fools have the best times.

He is welcome who brings something.

In time of dearth make shift with mouldy bread.

He is happy who learns at another mans cost.

Ask enough, and there will be enough to abate.

When there is fire in the neighbourhood, bring water to thy own house.

A lyer must have a good memory.

Who comes of a hen, must do like a hen.

I see the best but follow the worst.

A mischief foreseen grieves less.

At the fag end of mirth there lies melancholy.

One never wept but another laught.

You have hit the nail on the head.

In the sluggards bouse every day is festival.

As rich as the Foukers, who were Dutch Merch∣ants.

All designes take not.

Put not thy sickle in another mans corn.

The Day commendeth the Evening, and a good Life ones Death.

Put also your hand thereunto.

Crosses draw one upwards.

'Tis holy Oyle.

Follow the fashion of the Countrey thou goest in.

Who leaveth the old way for the new, is oftentimes cou∣sened.

Rich men can want no kindred.

VVho milketh his Goate too much, may draw blood.

VVho buyeth by the penny, findeth not onely himselfe, but others.

The same measure thou givest to others, thou shalt have thy self.

Hope is the poor mans bread.

Who keepeth company with the woolf will learn to howl.

Ther's none deceived but he who trusts.

The masters eye fa••neth the horse.

The good Shepheard sheareth, he doth not slay his sheep.

A friend who gives onely good morrow.

Where gold speaks, every toung is dumb.

I have the fame, and others have the nuts.

Take down a thief from the gallowes, and he will hang thee after.

Who cannot do as he would, let him do as he can.

A man is unhappy according as he thinks himself to be.

To take two pigeons with one bean.

Death takes away the innocent, and leaves the guilty.

Every bird thinks his own nest the fairest.

Every Tygre loves his own brood.

He hath something to do who maketh a bed for a dog.

There is yet some Oyle left in the Lamp.

You cannot draw the frog from his ditch.

Custome converteth nature.

He hath neither bed nor roof.

Like to like.

In matters of weight go on with leaden feet.

Who hath dined well, believes not him who is hungry.

Rare things are dear, plenty brings distaste.

Lords wear the red gird'es, viz. are happy.

To take out a nail, and strike in a pin.

Bear with the hum••r of thy friend.

Such an envious wretch, that he would pluck out one of his

own eyes to take out both his neighbours.

Take heed you find not that which you do not seek.

Better to be the head of a mouse then the tail of a Lion.

I am scarce master of my own breath.

He cuts large thongs of another mans leather.

He hath honey in his mouth, and the razor at his girdle.

By ease and rest the soul becomes wiser.

Better to be a bird of the wood then of the cage.

Friendship should be unsowed, and not ript.

An ounce of fortune is worth a pound of wisedom.

Hard and hard makes no good wall.

What's well done, is done soon enough.

What boots it to kick at the fates?

Who believes lightly, is deceived easily.

An old horse to a young souldier.

Cold water seems hot to a scalded dog.

VVho can take from thee what thou hast, give him what he asketh▪

A hundred eyes for the buyer, and one is enough for the seller.

Think well upon't w••en thou art offered a good pen••iworth.

Deaf ears to dirty speeches.

One can take no aim at things too high.

There is fence for all things if one could find it out.

To give and keep, there is need of wit.

Humor a silly old man if thou wilt be suddenly rich.

The bird by his note, the man is known by his words.

In the Court let every one shift for himself.

A friend to pray for sneezers.

The itch, a cough, and love cannot be hid.

Every ones's friend, is friend to none.

To go whither Pope nor Emperour can send an Ambassador, viz. to stool.

The Tradesman who doth not lie hath no trade among men.

He commands enough who obeyes the wise.

To stand waiting and not to come, to lie a bed and not to sleep, to serve well and not to please, are three things as bad as death.

A good turn too late is as much as nothing.

A fair woman and a slash'd garment find alwayes some nail in the way.

Let the letter stay for the Post, and not the Post for the letter.

'Tis good to have some trade to serve at a pinch.

An old dog barks not in vain.

The bells call others to Mass, though they never go them∣selves.

A hundred cart-load of thoughts cannot pay an ounce of debt.

VVho divides honey with the Bear hath the least part.

VVho pisseth against the wind wets his shirt.

VVho hath all in one place, hath all in the fire.

VVho discovers his secret maketh himself a slave.

VVho is born fair, is born married.

Who fasts and doth no good also spares his bread, and goeth to hell.

Who taketh a Lion absent, fears a mouse present.

Who trusts not, is not cousend.

Who will well observe the festival, let him fast the yeeve before.

Who liveth at Court dieth upon straw.

Who payeth before hand hath his work ill done.

Who hath the spirit of Poetry is fit for all company.

Who will not restore doth ill to take.

Who can have patience, hath what he will.

Who is wise in the day time, cannot be a fool at night.

He who doth the wrong is the unhappy, and not he who re∣ceiveth it.

Who doth his own business foule's not his fingers.

Who bestoweth well selleth well, if he be not a clown that taketh it.

Who understands ill, answers worse.

Who payes his debts makes up his principal.

Who wisheth me well maketh me blush, but I grow pale at my ill wishers.

Who offends doth never forgive.

Make one bargain with every body, but make four with thy self.

Who desires a short Lent, let him make a debt to be paid at Easter.

Who hath a trade, may through all waters wade.

VVho sells upon trust brusheth many clothes, loseth friends, and never hath money.

VVo hath neither fools nor beggars, or whores among his kin∣dred, was born of a stroke of thunder

VVho sleeps all the morning, may beg all the day after.

It is not the cats fault, if the Mistress of the house be a fool.

Every one is son of his own works.

A merry companion is as good as an ambling horse.

The Kid may die as soon as the Goat.

God guard me from my friends, for I shall guard my self from my enemies.

From the Recipe of Physicians, and the etcaetera of Notaries the Lord deliver me.

Ther's a great difference twixt the word and the deed.

Troubled waters will never make a good looking-glass.

The best remedy against injuries, is to forget them.

A woman that lookes too much in a glass was never good spin∣stress.

A woman kiss'd is half won.

An illfavored woman is a pain to the stomack, a fair one to the head.

A gift long looked for is sold, not given.

VVhere the head cannot enter the tayl may.

He is like an anchor, which though alwayes in the water, yet never drinks.

'Tis better to deny and do, then to promise, and not to do.

'Tis better to pay and have little, then have much, and to be in debt.

He is rich who hath no debt.

He eats leafs, and shites silk▪

Do well to thy self and thine, then to others if thou canst.

Like the Ape that takes the Chesnuts out of the fire with the cats paw.

VVhen there are no cats the mice dance.

To go to the ••at for bacon.

Let thy maid-servant be faithfull, strong and homely.

A Fort which begins to parly is half got.

'Tis a foolish sheep that makes the wolfe her Confessor.

He hath a good judgement who trusts not to his own.

He is a bankerupt; whose punishment in Italy is to sit bare on a stone in the market place.

You cannot goe here upon the score to day, to morrow you may.

A solitary man is either a beast or an Angel.

Willows are weak yet they tie strong wood.

Wine in the bottle quencheth not thirst.

It is not the cut hair that will content the barber.

The Devil turns his back at a door shut.

The promise is the yeeve of the gift.

Gaming is the touch-stone ••f man,

To see is easie, 'tis hard to foresee.

The scabby head loves not the comb.

A good paymaster is Lord of another mans purse.

Too much spoiles, too little doth not satisfie.

In a discreet mans mouth a publick thing is private.

Have a mansion before thou marry.

A letter doth not blush.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

War makes thieves, and Peace hangs them.

Admiration is the daughter of Ignorance.

Wealth is not his who hath it, but his who enjoyes it.

Keep flax far from the fire, and youth from gaming.

The bow breaks thats too hard bent.

'Tis good feasting at other mens houses.

The sign of an Inn lodgeth others, and keepeth it self in the rain.

Innocence carrieth her protection with her.

Merchandize will neither friends or kindred.

Measure thrice what thou buyest, and cut it once.

Never tell all thou knowest, thou canst, or hast.

Nor Eye in a letter, nor hand in a purse, nor ears in the secrets of another.

Nor wife, nor wine, nor horse ought to be praised.

A servant is known in the absence of his master.

Never make thy Physitian thy heir.

Do not imbark without bisket.

Do not cast away with thy hands, what thou mayest seek af∣ter with thy feet.

Flesh never rest in the shambles be it never so bad.

Wilt thou be revenged of thy enemy? carry thy self well.

To sell the bird upon the branch.

Help never comes too late.

Seeking to do what thou canst not, there will happen what thou wouldst not.

A good sallet is the beginning of an ill supper.

One hand rubs another, and both do rub the head.

A small gift brings often a great reward.

To have gold brings fear, to have none brings grief.

He is welcome who comes well laden.

By seeing one thou knowest him half, by hearing him speak thou knowst him all.

One cap is more worth then a hundred coifs.

What boots it to give kicks at fate?

He is no clown that driveth the plough, but he who doth clownish things.

The vertue of the mouth healeth what it toucheth.

Let thy expences be according to thy means, the wise man knows it, the fool thinks not of it.

If the young man knew, and the old man could, there is no∣thing but would be done.

Such a rechless thing, that if he fell bakward he would break his nose.

Upon a sudden women are wise, and fools afterward.

He governs himself well, who shuns the tavern.

God is sole without sin.

To render good for evil is Charity, evil for good cruelty, ill for ill revenge, good for good justice.

Reserve thy Master-piece.

The love of a punk, and the wine of a flask fresh in the morn, and flatt at night.

Let him go right who mocketh the lame.

Who hath one foot in a baudy house, hath the other in the Ho∣spital.

The longer 'tis a coming the sorer is the judgement.

When war begins Hell opens.

Little wealth little care.

One eye of the Master seeth more then four of servants.

A hair of a woman draweth more then a hundred yoke of Oxen.

Forgive all, but thy self never.

To tr••aerse the world safely, one must have the eye of a Faulcon, the ears of an Asse, the countenance of an Ape, the toung of a Mountibank, the shoulders of a Camel, the mouth of a Hogg, and the feet of a Hinde.

A four white-foot horse is a horse for a fool, a three white-foot horse is a horse for a King, and if he hath but one Ile give him to none.

Make thy bargain more cautiously with thy friend then a stranger.

He can make weight of every lock of wooll.

To take two Pigeons with one bean.

Who seeketh strife shall find it at home.

Who lives by hope dies farting.

I know how many loafs make a couple.

That which must be 'tis fitting it should come.

That which will be, will be.

'Tis an ill thing to be bad, but 'tis worse to be known so.

The best oignions are those which are transplanted.

I am not afraid of ill faces, for I was born at Shrovetide, viz. when there was so many whifflers.

I am not used to carry double.

'Tis bootles to rise betimes, unless one hath good fortune.

The honor one doth with the mouth avails much & costs little.

Every woman is chaste, unless she be hunted after.

To live content, hear, see, and be silent.

Easter so wished for long, passeth away in one day.

Patience, time and money accommodate all things.

Like the men of Gotham, who sowed needles, hoping they would grow to bars of iron.

Temporall Proverbs touching the Seasons.

LIke March Sun, which heats but doth not melt.

Dearth under water, bread under snow.

April, April, thou shalt not make me cast off my wascot.

At Saint Thomas the day is lengthened a cock-stride.

An Evening red, and a morning gray, presages are of a fair day.

At Michaelmas hot weather goeth to heaven.

Young and old must go warm at Martlemas.

At Saint Martins drink wine, and let the water run by the mill.

When the Cock drinkes in summer, it will rain a little after.

The snow for eight dayes is a mother to the earth, but after a stepmother.

As Mars hastneth all the humors feel it.

Few grapes and wine enough, a little corn little bread.

In August neither ask for Olive, Chesnut nor Acorns.

January commits the fault, and May bears the blame.

A year of snow, a year of plenty.

Three seasonable showres in August, are worth king Salomons Chariot and horses.

Physicall Proverbs touching Health.

CHeese marrs no taste.

Lie along at night, sit in the morning, stand up at noon, and walk in the Evening.

Old men who play with young maids, embrace death.

Fish spoils water, flesh mends it.

Commend a wife, but keep thy self a batchelor.

Who gapes would either go to sleep, or doe a thing which he dare's not tell.

When a woman doth yawn and stretch, who understands not her meaning is a silly wretch.

Never was there great river but puddle water went into it.

Better give the wool then the sheep.

Better give a peny then lend twenty.

Better to pass a danger once then be alwaies in fear.

To the gout all Physicians are blind.

Bread as long as it last, but wine by measure.

Bread of one day, an egg of one hour, wine of one year, fish of ten, a woman of fifteen, and a friend of a hundred.

Health without money is half a sickness.

Piss cleer, and a fig for the Physician.

Black, new, and neat is the way to go brave.

When the old man will not drink, go to see him in the other world.

A hog of a moneth, a goose of three, are food for a King.

Apples, pears, and nuts spoil the voice.

O••d fish, old oyl, and an old friend.

Fish in the Sun, and flesh in the shade.

A little meat and less grief cause mirth.

He is twixt the bed and the couch, viz. in a mending way.

A quartan Ague kills the old, and cures the young.

There be more old drunkards then old Physitians.

A good, a bad, and one indifferent meal maintaineth health.

Sell thy coat to buy Betony.

Veal, poultry, and raw fish do fatten the Churchyard.

Wine within, and wit without.

Wine in the middle, oyle obove, and hony beneath.

Who will keep himself in health, let him piss like a dogg; viz. often.

An old hen fattens the kitchin.

One egg is nothing, two a little better then nothing, three are something, five are too many, and six kill.

One cock serves ten hens, but ten men not one woman.

An old hen makes good broth.

Once a year let bloud, once a moneth bath, once a week wash thy head, (i. be trimd,) and once a day kiss thy wife.

June, July and August, wife, I know thee not.

Blind cheese, bread with eyes, wine that leaps into your eyes.

As sound as a fish, or a bell.

Piss clear, and shite upon the Physitians head.

Be not bashful at table.

Go betimes to the Fishmarket, and late to the shambles.

Keep thy feet dry, and thy head warm, and for the rest, live like a beast; viz. temperately.

A young Barber, and an old Physitian.

Window wind like the hit of a crossbow.

Who goeth supperless to bed museth most part of the night.

Sleep by day as much as thou wilt, and at night as much as thou canst.

Plant thy Vine in a good soyl, and take a wife of a good race.

'Tis better feed a fever then feebleness.

He doth kindness to those who are beyond the Devil, and makes no account of his own kindred.

You read unto me my own compositions as newes.

Thou art the eighth wiseman, and the third Cato.

Thou wilt have better bread then is made of wheat.

He hath pissed in more then in one snow.

He is longer then Dante.

He is become a Bishop from a Pope.

Thou wilt empty the sea with a spoon.

A woman who paints will do more then piss.

She is like a chesnut, fair without, and rottten within.

Thou beginst to slay at the tail.

He smels of musk, viz. of a ruffian.

Thou hast as many doublings as a cabage.

You give me bread for cake.

You may piss a bed, and say you sweated.

He is full of talk, it being the custome in Italy to give the greatest talker the rump of the hen.

The wolf being sick wished to be a Frier, but being well he re∣pented of it.

The cock is the countrey mans clock.

The first year a man is married, either he falleth sick, or into debt.

An Argos abroad, and a mole at home.

A white wall is the paper of fools.

Put on wood enough, for the ashes will yield money.

Thou art a greater fool then the Crab, who carrieth his brains in his pocket.

Where there are women and geese, there wants no noise.

To be fouly bafled.

The Courtesan weeps with one eye, the wife with two, and the Nun with four.

Two Williams and one Peter make a perfect fool.

Good morrow Dante, whence comest thou, how high is the dirt? Answer, From Rome, up to the tail, a good day, and a good year to you.

Thou art out of the furrow, thou art beside the way.

As the Gardners dog, who would not eat cabage himself, nor suffer others to do it.

The goslings lead the geese to water.

The feast of Saint Nimbo three dayes before doomesday.

To stumble at the first step.

I put a flea in his ear.

He shall pay at three doblons.

I care not a farthing for thee.

He hath little salt in his skull.

Thou knowest nothing.

You are off the hinges.

He would flay a louse to sell the skin.

You measure other by your own pace.

He never speaketh truth but when he never thinks on it.

He hath planted leeks for oignons.

This is the point quoth Lippotop, a kind of buffoon.

Thou hast undertaken to lead the Bear to Modena.

To seek for Mushrumps in Arno.

The Giant of Tivoli, who did beat down pease with a pole.

Like the bow of Soria, who shot at friend and enemy.

He takes upon him to be the Poet of Modena.

I would not go to Scotland to fetch again one of my eyes.

Born among rocks, hard-hearted.

As he of Perugia, who when his head was broke, ran home for his helmet.

Padoua bread, Vicenza wine, Treviso tripes, and Venice courtesans.

If Florence had a port, she would make a garden of Pisa, a counting house of Ligorn, and a jaques of Luca.

Naples is a Paradise inhabited by Devils.

Who goeth to Rome, and carrieth a good purse, becometh an Abbot or Bishop.

Who hath a good tongue let him go to Rome.

In Rome preferments seek them that seek them not, and fly from them that seek them.

The Greeks spoke with lipps, and the Romans with their breasts.

The Court of Rome will not take the sheep without the wooll.

The Germanes have their wits at their fingers ends, viz. good Artificers.

Venice, Venice, none Thee unseen can prize, Who hath seen thee too much will thee despise.

I would be in Guimea where they have their arms broke who speak of working.

The Nuns of Genoa return from the bath, and then ask leave of the Abadess.

Rome the holy, Milan the great.

Nations do diversly digest their grief; The Dutch drink it away, the French sings it away, the Spaniard grones it away, and the Italian sleeps it away.

The Napolitan hath a large mouth, but a narrow hand.

To trie a dogg in Puglia.

All row in the Gally.

I am a Guelphian, and call my self a Gibelin, he that giveth most shall have me.

Like Siena cloth which breaks before it is worn.

As Flanders Landskips, fair a far off, and course hard by.

Siena full of four things, of Towers and Bells, of whores and Cuckolds, of Scholers and Panders.

Naples the gentile, Venice the ladylike.

Bologna the fat, and Padova more then that.

Venice the rich, Genoa the proud.

The Toscan toung sounds best in a Roman mouth.

The men of Genoa get their wives with child a hundred miles distant.

In Genoa, there are Mountains without wood, Sea without Fish, VVomen without shame, and Men without Consci∣ences.

In Italy there are too many heads, viz. politicians, too many holy dayes, and too many tempests.

Wo be to that Countrey where there is a Calabrese, if he stay there a year, he brings nothing but ruine and mischief.

The Dons of Spain, the Graves of Germany, the Monsieurs of France, the Bishops of Italy, the Cavaliers of Naples, the Lerds of Scotland, the younger brothers of England, the Nobles of Hungary, make but a poor company.

A Milanese, or Montouan would blush at this.

To goe to Cornwal without a boat.

The Italians are wise before the fact, the Germans in the fact, the French after the fact.

Lets do as in Lombardy, where one sups he sleeps.

The Florentine maketh nothing of three things, of Adieu, farewel, do you want any thing?

Who goes to Bolonia, will meet with the fever or the itch.

Made at Ferrara, and moulded at Piombino.

A Greek woman, Greek wine, and Greek wind may I find.

Never make an Ilander thy companion.

Messina hath store of fleas, dust and whores.

The Jewes in Passovers, The Moors in weddings, the Chri∣stians in Law sutes consume their wealth.

An Englishman Italianated, is a devil incarnate.

Rome was the head, but now it is the tail of the world.

I love a Spaniard so well, that I could be contented to see him hang'd with a Frenchmans guts.

Where Dutchmen are, Italians will not likely be; viz. to drink too much.

The names of all the Wits, or Ingenious men in most of the Cities of Italy, as they of the Academie de Beaux Esprits in Paris are called Academi∣ciens.

• LIncei, Fantastici, Humoristi, di Roma.
• Intronati di Siena·
• Otiosi di Bologna.
• Addormentati di Genoa.
• Ricoverati, & Orditi di Padoa.
• Olympici di Vicenza.
• Innominati di Parma.
• Invaghiti di Mantova.
• Affidati di Pavia.
• Offuscati di Cesene.
• Caliginosi d'Ancona.
• Adagiati di Rimini.
• Assorhiti di Città di Castello.
• Insensati di Perousa.
• Catenati di Macerata.
• Ostinati di Viterbo.
• Immobili d'Alexandria.
• Occulti di Bresia.
• Perseveranti di Treviso.
• Oscari di Luca.
• Raffrontati di Ferma.

'Tis a Countrey as far as Apulia.

Milan can doe, Milan can speake, but she cannot turn water into wine.

More foolish then they of Zago, who dung'd the foot of the Steeple to make it grow higher.

As very a fool as that Perugian, who as soon as his head was broke, ran home for a helmet.

Friends of Tanan, who shew stones to him that aske them bread.

She is like a woman of Castel Cerino, fair afar off, and foul near hand.

He is streighter in the waste then any Spaniard, viz. more co∣vetous.

They of Bergamo have a gross speech, but subtile wits.

Venice hath not so many gondoliers, as Vicenza h••th Earls, and Cavaliers.

Lets do as they of Prato; lets let it rain.

The Frenchman neither saith what he thinks, n••r reads as he writes, nor sings as he pricks.

As crooked as the way of Bergamo.

Po would not be Po, if Adda, and Tesin did not joyn also.

The poplars of Po weep Ambar.

Who hath to deal with a Florentine must have both his eyes about him.