Prouerbes or adagies with newe addicions gathered out of the Chiliades of Erasmus by Richard Tauerner. Hereunto be also added Mimi Publiani.
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Prouerbes or adagies with newe addicions gathered out of the Chiliades of Erasmus by Richard Tauerner. Hereunto be also added Mimi Publiani.
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Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.
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Imprinted at Lo[n]don :: In Fletstrete at the sygne of the whyte Harte [by Richard Bankes] Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum,
1539.
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Aphorisms and apothegms -- Early works to 1800.
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Amicus magis necessarius, {quam} ignis & aqua.
A frende is more necessary than ether fyer or water. Assuredly how necessarie trustye, and faythful frē¦des be: is thā at last knowen, whā a mā hath nede of them. There is no person, be he neuer so ryche, neuer so myghtye, neuer so muche in hys princes fauour, yea though he be hymselfe a prynce, a kynge, a kesar, but nedeth the ayde of frē∣des. For as wythout fyer and wa∣ter mans lyfe can not consyste, so neyther can it stande wythout the vse, familiaritie, and seruice of fa∣miliars, whome the Latynes euen for* 1.1 thys selfe cause do call neces∣sarios,
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and amitie or frendshyppe they call necessitudinem. Wher∣fore the prouerbe meanethe that two of the gretteste commodities that can be are gathered of frend∣shyp, that is to wyt, pleasure and profite. For there is nothyng ney∣ther more delectable or cherefull then is fyer, neyther more profi∣table then is water.