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 23, 2024.
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LITERA B.
A Babbler wearieth all the com∣pany.
...Many speake much, who can∣not speake well.
...Where many words are, the truth often goeth by.
...Much babling is not without offence.
...A foole is knowne by much babling.
Percontatorem fugito, nam gar∣rulus idem est. Hor.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Isoc.
Deficit auditor, non deficit, ille loquendo.
Dicit quicquid in Buccam ve∣nerit.
Odiosa omnibus est loquacitas.
Tum loquentur lusemiae quum tacebunt graculi.
Quicquid in buccam venerit. Plat.
Balbutientes plus loquuntur cae∣teris.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. i. effraeni oris.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. i. lin∣guae ambulachrum est loqua∣citas.
Cum loqui nescit, tacere nescit.
Insolitè loquar.
Architae crepitaculum.
Nunquam tacet quem morbus lo∣quendi tenet. Sen.
¶ Backebiting.
...A false tongue will hardly speake trueth.
...To speake euill of others, is the fist E∣lement.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. i. Citiùs carpent quàm aemulabuntur.
Impijs est voluptas alienam fa∣mam laedere.
Maledicentia est stultorum the∣saurus.
Linguae hominum ad iudicia prae∣cipites.
Calumniatoris est in crimen vo∣care omnia, nihil probare.
Malè de te loquuntur homines,
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nesciunt benè loqui. Senec.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
Quaestui stultis habetur malè lo∣qui de melioribus.
¶ Bashfulnes, or blushing.
...Bashfulnesse is a signe of grace.
...Bashfulnesse is the blush of vertue.
Verecundia bonum in adolescen∣te signum.
Adolescentes verecundos esse de∣cet. Plaut.
Illum perijsse dico, cui perijt pu∣dor. Plaut.
Erubuit, salua res est.
Culpam minuit pudor, cumulat defensio. Ambr.
Vultus pudentis, etiam sermonis loco est.
Pudor est virtutis tinctura.
Bona est timiditas quae nos deter∣ret a vitijs.
Sine verecundià nihil est rectum. Cic.
...Pannes may blot, but they cannot blush.
Epistola non erubescit. Cic.
Dicere quae puduit, scribere iussit amor. Ouid.
¶ Beginning.
...A good beginning maketh a good end.
...Like beginning like ending.
...He that soweth good seede, shall reape good corne.
...A good winter bringeth a good Sum∣mer.
Dimidium facti qui bene caepit, habet.
Principium dimidium totius. He∣siod.
Vesementem feceris, ita & metes.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
Gratia principijs semper respon∣det honestis.
...A shrewd boy maketh a good man.
Vix quisquam transit in bonum nisi ex malo. Pub. Syrus.
...Let him that beginneth the song make an end.
Tute hoc intristi, tibi tutum est comedendum. Plaut. Terent.
Ipsi testudunes edite qui caepistis.
Faecem bibet qui vinum bibit. A∣ristoph.
...Euery thing hath a beginning.
...Rome was not built in a day.
...A man must creepe before that he can goe.
...A man must begin before that hee can make an end.
...Euery thing hath his seed.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. i. Fieri nequit, vt mag∣na ante parua docearis.
Nihil simul inuentum, & perse∣ctum. Cic.
Non fuit in primo condita Roma die.
Tardè magna proveniunt.
Nulla res consummata est, dum incipit. Sen.
Operi incipienti favendum.
Per partes peruenitur ad totum. Sen. 1. Epist. lib. 19.
Nascuntur vrbes ex initijs infimis.
Experienti danda venia. Liu. lib. 1. cap. 9.
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...It early pricketh, that will be a thorne.
...Early boweth the tree, that will a good Cammocke be.
...That doeth blossome in the Spring, that will bring foorth fruit in the Au∣tumne.
Statim & in puero, virtutis fulget indoles.
Statim apparet quae planta frugi∣fera sit futura.
Generosioris arboris fructus sta∣tim, cum fructu est. Fab.
...In my beginning, God be my speed.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
Absque ope diuina, omnes levis auspicato. Plin.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Synes.
Auspicem dicti & facti cujusvis ha∣be Deum. Aristid.
A Dei cultu auspicandus rerum a∣gendarum tenor. Liu. li. 38. c. 48.
A Iove principium. Virg.
In omnibus rebus principium & finem constitue Deum.
...Of euill graine, no good seede.
...An euill tree bringeth foorth ill fruit.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
A malis egressa est iniquitas. 1. Sam. 2.4.
A squilla non nascitur rosa. Theog.
Mala arbor, malos producit fru∣ctus. Matt. 3.7.
...Hee that soweth thistles, shall reape thornes.
Qualem sementem feceris, talia metes.
...It is good to preuent an euill in the be∣ginning.
...By a little and little the wolfe eateth the sheepe.
...It is good to stop the fountaines of the proceedings.
...It is the part of a foole to say, I had n•••• thought.
Et neglecta solent incendia sume∣re vires. Hor.
Opprime dum noua sunt subiti mala semina morbi.
Nascens extinguenda flamma.
Vigilandum maximè est tentatio∣nis initio.
Malagma quaeras iam sub nascenti vlceri.
Principijs obsta, serò medicina pa∣ratur.
Cum mala per longas convaluëre moras.
Satius est mederi, initijs quàm fini.
Malum nascens est opprimendum.
Pharmaca nascenti sunt adhiben∣da malo. Ouid.
Parua scintilla neglecta magnum excitavit incendium.
Vigilandum maximè tentationis initio. Greg.
Facilius vitium excluditur quàm expellitur. Sen.
¶ Beggars.
...Here a little, and there a little.
Nec passim, nec omnia, nec ab omnibus.
Minuta commoda non sunt neg∣negligenda. Zenod.
Mendici pera non impletur.
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...Misery may bee the mother, when one beggar beggeth of another.
Miler est quisquis faelicitatem spe∣rat à miseris. Sen.
A nudo vestimentum non poten∣dum.
Canis mendico auxilians.
...Beggars must be no chusers.
Egenus nullum donum recusat.
Donum quodcun{que} probato.
Arripienda quae offeruntur. Hom.
...Much a doe to bring Beggars to the stockes.
...More a doe then needeth.
Tragoedias agit in nugis. Cic.
Magnus versatur in re parva. Plan.
Magno molimine nihil agit.
Quid de pusillis magna proaemia?
...The beggar may sing before the thiefe.
...Who can sing so merry a note, as hee that is not worth a groate.
...Little goods, little cares.
Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator. Virg.
Diuitiae trepidant, paupertas libe∣ra res est.
Paupertate nihil tutius esse potest.
Foelix paupertas laeta est.
Dives vna cum diuitijs magnam curarum sarcinam accipit.
...One beggar in woe, when another doeth by the doore goe.
Aegrè est malis, habere aliquem ipsi quo carent.
Non amat ante larem pauper ha∣bere parem.
Invidus & inimicus vicinorum o culos. Hier.
Edentulus vescentium dentibus invidet.
Cognatio mouet inuidiam. Arist.
Vna domus non alit duos canes. Aristoph.
¶ Benefites.
...Benefites binde.
...One good turne asketh, or craueth an∣other.
Manus manum fricat. Plato.
Gratia gratiam parit. Cic.
Manus manum, digitus digitum lavat.
Ferrum ferro acuitur.
Nihil vicissitudine officiorum ju∣cundius.
Fricans refricandus. Diog.
Benefacta benefactis compensan∣da.
¶ Better, or best.
...Best is best cheape.
...One sute of good apparell is worth two of bad.
...One good dinner is worth two bad.
Vilius argentum est auro. Horat.
E varijs sumendum optimum. Cic.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Chrysost.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. i. quod optimum, est honorandum.