The second Century.
DO thou thy best, and leave to God the rest.
Had I left one of my ears in Scotland, I should hardly go thither to fetch it again.
The Presbyterian maketh Oaths his Engines to lay battery to the soul.
The Sword maketh Reson, where he findeth none.
One may draw a damn'd soul out of Hell, as draw a peny out of his purse.
The King represents God, the Parlement the People, tell me who is highest?
Peace with Heaven the best friendship.
'Tis good to be an Athiest 'mong them who make gold their god.
If we knew what would happen we should be all Politicians.
In a hundred pounds of Law, there is scarce an ounce of Love.
The way to improve thy Learning, is to teach another.
Ther's many husbands able Arithmeticians, yet they cannot multiply.
While the Cow chewes the cudd the Horse still eateth.
Go to bedd dry, thou needst not fear death be∣fore the morning.
A Translator is an Author as a Cobler is a Shooe∣maker.
Some Gentlemen are better then Knights, as Chancery-lane is better then Knight-riders-street.
He lives in as much plenty as a Millers Cock.
If the Lion saith the Fox hath horns, he must have them.
New-England hath undone the old; viz. With distractions.
Ther's no danger to prostrate thy self at a Crosse, all the while thy mind is prostrate to thy Cre∣ator.
Schismaticks like Snakes though cutt asunder, yet the pieces will cling again together.
Excise and plunder though Dutch words, yet are they of the Devils hatching.
Live in compasse, so thou may'st whett thy knife at the Counter-gate.
A wife were a fine Book if she were an Alma∣nack, that a man might change her once a year.
The Apple groweth on the Tree, not the Cy∣der.
To live among bad men is worse then banish∣ment.
The Pox in the bones not curable till the Resur∣rection.
Let thy Conscience be thy judge here, that he may not be thy accuser hereafter.
A Booke borrowed is sooner read then a Booke bought.
Two in the afternoon is more then ten in the morning.
Two heads are better then one, said old Weymark, when he wishd Sir W. Rawleighs head upon Se∣cretary Nantons shoulders.
Pride is oftner seen through a threedbare coat then through a silk cloak.
All your horses do amble.
Sloth breeds the Scurvy.
'Tis a dear collop that is cutt out of ones own flesh.
Before thou take for better or worse, be sure that one of the two have a good purse.
The Ducks have merry lifes, for they do nothing but tipple and swive.
Who marries a widdow falleth into a pitt wherein another perish'd.
The Devil will do me no hurt, for I married his kinswoman; quoth one that had a scold to his wife.
A clean-fingerd wife is not alwayes the best hus∣wife.
The way to loose a Friend is to lend him mo∣ney.
Day and Truth may be discernd through a little hole.
In marriage the Toung tieth a knott, that all the teeth in the head cannot untie afterwards.
Hang pinching, letts drink the tother pott, we shall never do it younger.
The sweet savour which Vertue leaveth behind, is better then the black sudds of Vice.
With Time, and Art, the Mulberry leafs grow to be sattin.
Rather bribe, then loose thy right.
Page 4Mans body is but the thorough-fare of sheep and Oxen.
Who laughs at his own jest, is like the hen that cackles when she hath laid an egg.
Deeds are Iohns, and words Nans.
Man is Nature's student.
The Presbyterian a Jew of the New Testa∣ment.
Holland a great Cow, and Amsterdam the Udder.
A true Cardinal should have his soul in sackcloth, though his body be in Scarlett.
I care not much that my son is drunk, but that he will have a hair of the same dogg the next day.
The truest Chastity is tried in hott bloud.
Corruption sticks to humane nature as rust to brasse.
VVhere diffidence begins, friendshipp ends.
The cholerique man more often abroad then at home.
In Heaven all desires turn to fruition.
Education mendeth Nature, as sawce doth meat.
He is as much puzzled as one going up Ludgate hill in a stopp of coaches and carts.
The conquest of the Passions, the prime trophey of Vertue.
For one hollow Tooth pull not out the sound ones.
F•om a long P. the Lord deliver me; viz. Parl.
The Rebell useth to fire the Beacon when ther's no danger.
Rather then burn, venture a fall out of the window.
Reputation like a Venice-glasse easily crackd.
England useth to have too many tears in her eyes, i. Rain.
Choler hath more heat then light.
Garlick the poor mans Treacle.
The way to go right, is to tread the paths of our Progenitors.
We think Lawyers to be wise, but they know us to be fools.
Who goeth for his money before the day, need carry a lantern and candle with him.
Warr which beggars others, maketh the Hollander rich.
Ireland a good Goose to be pluckd.
What's palpable to sense, needs no proof by reason.
Every one that hath a deaths-head in his study is not mortified.
The wings of Rebellion should not onely be clipd but seard.
Up hill the knees, down hill the thighs labour most.
Who parts with his estate before he dieth is a fool in Folio.
Zeal like fire, dangerous, if it breaketh out of the funnell of the chimney.
Where there is no Law broken, there can be no crime.
In this I did not care, if God Almighty were my Judge.
You may as soon cutt out a Kirtle for the Moon.
The clothes warm the body, and the body the clothes by way of thankefull correspon∣dence.
A hundered misdemeanures cannot make one Treason, no more then a hundred Catts one Lion.
Planting of Trees Englands old thrift.
Infortunate Princes steer their course by them which know not the use of the Compasse.
As earth and water make but one Globe, so Man and Wife make but one flesh.
That s•n maketh one happy, that turneth to sor∣row.
As black as the soul of Iudas.
Ireland a fitt Countrey for Quakers, because tis so full of Boggs.
VVhose hearts on Riches dwell, bidd God fare∣well.
The surest way to cure sore eyes, is to cast them up often towards Heaven.
Money in all great actions, like Mercury among the Chymiques, without which no conclusion can be tried.
Too much liberty, and too much bread the com∣mon levain of Rebellion.
VVho accepts an invitation at first wants good manners.
It is the Devils reformation to turn order to con∣fusion, and superstition to prophanenesse.
