A Schole of wise conceytes wherein as euery conceyte hath wit, so the most haue much mirth : set forth in common places by order of the alphabet / translated out of diuers Greeke and Latine wryters by Thomas Blage ...

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A Schole of wise conceytes wherein as euery conceyte hath wit, so the most haue much mirth : set forth in common places by order of the alphabet / translated out of diuers Greeke and Latine wryters by Thomas Blage ...
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Printed at London :: By Henrie Binneman,
1572.
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Fables, Greek.
Fables, Latin.
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"A Schole of wise conceytes wherein as euery conceyte hath wit, so the most haue much mirth : set forth in common places by order of the alphabet / translated out of diuers Greeke and Latine wryters by Thomas Blage ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A99901.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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Page 79

Experience.

128 Of the Worme.

THe Worme that lurketh in the durt, went abrode vpon lande, and sayde to al beastes, that she was as learned a phisitiā for medi∣cines as euer was Poeen phisitian to the Gods: Why (quoth the Foxe) canst thou cure others, and canst not heale thy selfe of thy lamenesse?

MOR. All talke is in vaine, except experience haue ben had before.

129 Of Cockels.

A Countreymans son rosted Cockles, whome as he hearde hissing, he sayde: O euil beastes which when your housen be burnte do sing.

MOR. Al things done out of due order, are to be discommended.

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