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.
Author
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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"Prouerbes or adagies with newe addicions gathered out of the Chiliades of Erasmus by Richard Tauerner. Hereunto be also added Mimi Publiani." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68027.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 26, 2024.
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Summum ius, summa iniutia.
Extreme lawe is extreme wronge. Thys is to saye, then moost of all men swarue from ryght and equi∣tie: whan they most supersticiously stycke to the letters of lawes not regardyng thintēt of the makers. For thys is called summum ius, that is to saye, the extremitie or ri∣goure
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of the lawe, whā all ye stryfe and contention is vpon the wor∣des of the lawe wythout any res∣specte to the meanynge and pur∣pose of the lawe makers. Thys fondnes of some supersticiouse lawyers doth Marke Tully copi∣ously and pleasaūtly illude in hys oration for Murena.