Bibliotheca scholastica instructissima. Or, A treasury of ancient adagies, and sententious prouerbes selected out of the English, Greeke, Latine, French, Italian and Spanish. Ranked in alphabeticall order, and suited to one and the same sense. Published by Thomas Draxe Batch. in Diuinitie.
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Bibliotheca scholastica instructissima. Or, A treasury of ancient adagies, and sententious prouerbes selected out of the English, Greeke, Latine, French, Italian and Spanish. Ranked in alphabeticall order, and suited to one and the same sense. Published by Thomas Draxe Batch. in Diuinitie.
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Draxe, Thomas, d. 1618.
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Londini :: Apud Ioannem Billium,
1616.
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"Bibliotheca scholastica instructissima. Or, A treasury of ancient adagies, and sententious prouerbes selected out of the English, Greeke, Latine, French, Italian and Spanish. Ranked in alphabeticall order, and suited to one and the same sense. Published by Thomas Draxe Batch. in Diuinitie." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20796.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 26, 2024.
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LITERA V.
¶ Vanity, vaine glory.
...VAine glory is a floure that bea∣reth no corne.
Gloria fallax suauitas. Hier.
Gloria aurium inflatio magna.
Qui propagat nomen, perdit no∣men.
...Renowne commeth from many mens mouthes.
Est omnium seruus, qui seruit glo∣riae. Chrys.
Non omnis auidus, est gloriae ca∣pax.
...Hee that filleth his braine with wine, can put nothing els in it.
Omnes stulti insaniunt.
Ventosa est gloria.
Omnes captat rumusculos. Cic.
Ridicula est vanitas. Crinit.
...If Alexander were a Cooke, all the world should know it.
Stultus subligaculo indutus, id omnibus ostentat.
...From an idle braine an idle discourse.
Inanium inania consilia.
Citra vinum temulentia. Plutarch.
...He that commendeth himselfe hath ill neighbours.
Laus proprio sordescit in ore.
Iactantia est tuba.
¶ Vaunting.
...The glorious sheepe saith to the goate, giue me some of your wooll.
Ditiores gloriosè contemnunt e∣genos.
Diuites pudefaciunt eos qui non habent. 1. Cor. 11.22.
...If a bastard doth well, it is at aduen∣ture, but when he doth ill, it is natu∣rall.
Mali corui, malum ouum.
E squilla non nascitur rosa.
E spurijs non constituenda Resp. Arist.
...Great boast and small roast.
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...Purpose without prosecution.
Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridi∣culus mus.
Victoria sine aduersario, breuis est laus. Sen.
Qui plus iactant, minùs possunt.
Loquitur grandia, cùm operatur exigua. Bern.
Verba pro mercibus importat Hermodorus. Cic.
...He standeth too much on his pant••sles.
...The empt e casket, or, vessell maketh the greatest sound.
...Most men are great braggers.
Non sat est, te tuum officium fe∣cisse, nisi fama id approbet. Ter.
Nihil loquitur humile, sed omnia grandia.
Canes timidi vehementiùs la∣trant. Curt.
Inania vascula magis tinniunt.
Quidam beneficium quod dede∣rant, omnibus circulis narrant. Sen. 7. lib. de benefi.
¶ Ʋenturing.
...Nothing venture, nothing haue.
...A man must giue the venture.
Rebus pudor absit in arctis.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Demost.
Si crebro jacias, aliàs aliud jece∣ris.
In arenam descendendum. Suidas.
Perque enses, per{que} ignem oportet perrumpere. Diog.
Necesse est facere sumptum qui quaerit lucrum. Plautus.
Tentantes Troiam peruenere Graeci. Theocr.
...A man must not commit his who•••• stocke into one mans hands.
Non vni naui omnia committen∣da.
De rerum summa non periclitan∣dum.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
Haud ••emerè summa rerum danda in aleam. Curt. l. 3. c. 31.
...An hooke well lost to get a Salmon.
Optanda jactura quae lucro maio∣re compensatur.
Pecuniam in loco negligere, in∣terdum est maximum lucrum. Terent.
Paruum damnum, ingens lucrum.
...Hee that is partaker in the broile, is worthy to be partaker in the spoile.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Is. 1.
Qui calamitatum sunt participes, ijdem in bono communicant.
Qui cum Christo patiuntur, cum eo glorificabuntur. Apostolus.
Praemium belli meretur particeps periculi.
Fugitiuo nulla corona.
Socius laboris, & socius lucri.
Ante periculum nemo praemium accipit.
De praemijs stultè ante bellum co∣gites.
...Spare to speake, spare to speede.
...Faint heart neuer w••nne faire Lady.
...One may hold his peace in an ill time.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
Audentes fortuna juvat. Virg. Cic.
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Audendum aliquid, si vis esse ali∣quis.
Pudor mendico inutilis.
In iudicio saepe homines impedit pudor.
Iteratio rogantis efficacior.
Audendo virtus crescit.
Imminentis remedium periculi est periculum. Tac. lib. 11 c. 26.
In manu sua spem ponit strenuus victoriae. Tac.
In praelijs pro munimento est au∣dacia.
Ignauo insultant dolores, cedunt persistentibus.
Iacere noli vbi non oportet.
Tentantes (ad) Trojam perue∣nêre Graeci. Theocr.
Consilia ferè succedunt audacia. L. v. lib. 25. cap. 28.
...He will make a shaft or a bolt of it.
Omnem jaciet aleam. Arist.
De summa rerum periclitabitur.
S••cram solvet anchoram. Luc.
Capienda rebus in malis praeceps via.
Aut rex, aut asinus. Plato.
Talum movebit à sacra linea.
...It is not good to be too venturous.
...It is not good sailing in the toppe of mastes.
Non benè ripae creditur. Virg.
Audacia est periculosa.
Nihil temerè agendum.
In nocte consilium.
Inconsulti facilè ruunt.
...Hee that hath an head of glasse, must not fasten it to the top of an hill.
Olla fictilis non confligat cum ferro.
Non est certandum cum valen∣tiore.
...It is not good to swimme in vnknowen waters.
...A man must looke before that he leape.
Siste impetum, & quanta tentes cogita.
Procliuius nihil est quàm seip∣sum fallere.
Periculosum est se aquis credere.
Quâ flumen placidum, forsan la∣tet altiùs vnda.
...A man must runne through thick and thinne.
...A man must giue the venture.
Sors iuvat audentes.
Quid—tentare nocebit?
Capienda rebus in malis praeceps via. Sen.
Virtus audendo crescit.
Nunquam triumphum cogitat so∣cordia.
Vela ventis permittenda. Quint.
Deo & prouidentiae omnia com∣mittenda.
Per enses per ignem oportet per∣rumpere.
¶ Ʋictory.
...Let him winne it and weare it.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
Nemo sine pugna vincit, nec sine certamine triumphat.
Malus gladiator non citò accipit rudem.
Palma in medio posita est, arripi∣at qui potest. Terent.
Triumphus non canendus ante vi∣ctoriam.
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Nunquam triumphum cogitat so∣cordia.
In medio omnibus palma est po∣sita, qui artem tractant musi∣cam. Terent.
Ius in manibus positum. Lucian.
...Let loosers haue their words.
Malim mihi inuideri, quàm me inimicis meis. Plaut.
Delusa spes vanam ad querelam redit. Plaut.
Oderint dum metuant. Sen.
Regium est aequa & iniqua audire. Sol.
Vitare odium in magistratu est ra∣rissimum.
A quo multa accepisti bona, eius quoque fer iniurias.
Damnati lingua vocem habet, vim non habet.
Misero modum tenere verborum grave.
Delusa spes vanam ad querelam recidit.
Ars prima est regni, posse inuidi∣am pati. Sen.
Apud victos plus querimoniarum quàm virium.
Prima laus regni est, posse inuidi∣am pati.
...He goeth sheere away with it.
Omnium calculis vincit.
Equis albis praecedit. Horat.
Omne fe•••• punctum.
Pueri efferuntur laetitiâ cùm vi∣cerint.
Multis parasangis praecurrit. Athe.
Magno intervallo socium post se relinquit.
...They that winne laugh.
Victus gallus silet, victorcanit.
Foelix rerum successus laetitiam parit.
Cocta numerabimus ossa.
Est voluptas quod agas, si id pro∣cedit ex sententia. Plaut.
Dulcissimum est potiri quae desi∣deras.
¶ Ʋice.
...If wheate commeth not vp, weele•• will.
Terra inculta herbas inimicas producit.
Natura vacuum non admittit.
Virtus vitium{que} ciusdem non sunt pectoris. Quintil. lib. 12. Instit. cap. 1.
...An ill weede groweth apace.
...A groning wife and a grunting horse neuer faile the master.
Mala radices altiùs arbor agit.
Mores mali quasi herba irrigua, succrescunt vberrimè. Plaut.
—Dociles imitandis
Turpibus & prauis omnes sumus. Horat.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
Inimicae herbae vltrò pullulant.
Non citò decrescit mala plants, sed vsque senescit.
Compendiaria res improbitas.
Celerior ad vitium cursus est.
Malarum rerum vberrimus pro∣ventus.
Turpia 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 discimus.
Ad vanitatem procliuis omnis homo.
Vltrò mala adsunt, bona vix acce∣dunt ijs, qui quaerunt.
Mala herba non perit.
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Mala natura doctrice non indiget.
Malum vas non frangitur.
Sine Magistro discuntur vitia.
Deteriorum semper maior pars.
Suade Lupis vt insaniant.
¶ Ʋillany.
...A villaine made a gentleman, knoweth neither father nor mother.
...Set a villaine on a mule, and he know∣eth neither God nor the world.
Asperius nihil est humili cum sur∣git in altum. Iuuen.
Nihil est insolentius diuite no∣uitio. Ruf. Vibius.
Intolerabilis est malo ingenio foe∣licitas. Sen. lib. 1.
...When a bastard doth well, it is an ad∣uenture, but when he doth ill, it is naturall.