Prouerbes or adagies with newe addicions gathered out of the Chiliades of Erasmus by Richard Tauerner. Hereunto be also added Mimi Publiani.

Artem quaeuis alit regio.

Art or kunnynge euery countrey nourysheth, y^t is to say, kunnyge mē & such as haue any facultie or science, whether so euer they goo: shall lacke no liuyng. Cunnynge (they say) is no burthē. It neither can be taken from the by theues, and into what parte of y^e world so euer thou go, it foloweth y^e. Sue∣tonius wryteth y^t it was shewed before vnto themperour Nero by his astronomers y^t the tyme shuld come whē he shulde be put out of his empire,* 1.1 by reason wherof he gaue him selue moche the more e∣gerly vnto the studie of Musike, in so muche that he became very excellent, and then he was wonte to haue oft in his mouth y^e said pro¦uerbe. And estemed it the fowlest

reproche that coulde be layd vnto him to be called an euyl harper or player vpō instrumēts. The same thyng also (as in an other place is mencioned) did happen vnto Di∣onisius kyng of the Syracusans, which after he was thrust out of his kyngdome, came to Corynthe and there dyd set vp a schole and taught children letters and mu∣sicke. For this cause amonges the Greakes is art or kunnynge cal∣led the porte or hauen of necessite vnto men mortall, that is to say,* 1.2 y^e onely refuge in pouerty. Wher∣fore so many as be wise, thoughe they haue abundaunce of worldly goodes for the tyme, yet let them not despyse honeste artes, neyther yet be recheles in bryngynge vp theyr chyldren, and puttyng them to lernynge or some faculty, wher∣by

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yf fortune fayle they maye yet get them a lyuynge.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Nero.
• * 1.2

  Science the porte of nede.