* 1.1Naturam expellas furca, tamē vs{que} recurret.
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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Thurst out nature wyth a croche, yet woll she styll runne backe a∣gayne. It is an harde thinge dout¦les, to stryue against nature. A cro¦ked bough of a tree, be it neuer so much dryuen an other waye wyth a forke, or crotch, yet yf thou ones take awaye the forke, anone it re∣turneth to ye owne nature & course agayne. So in lyke wyse, yf man contrary to hys nature and bryng¦ynge vp take vpon hym an other person ether for fear, or for shame, or for some other cause, let an occa¦sion be offered, and anone he retur¦neth to his owne maners & nature* 1.2
Yf he hope that he shall not be espyed (sayeth Terence) agayne he commeth to hys owne disposicion and inclination: as he that feareth to commytte offences not for any loue he hath to vertue, but for fear
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of the staffe or sworde, take me a∣way the staffe or sworde, and forth wyth ye shal se hym returne to his olde kynde. For assuredlye theyr kinde and natural inclinacion (say¦eth Pindarus) can nether the craf∣tye foxe,* 1.3 neyther the wylde Lyon chaunge. For tame thou neuer so much the lyon, he wol styll returne to hys natiue fyernes, neyther wol the foxe by any meanes forget her naturall wylynes, be she neuer so muche mekened and made tame.
Notes
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* 1.1
Horace
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* 1.2
Sisperat fo¦re dam rur sum ad inge¦nium redit.
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* 1.3
Pindarus.