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Out of the frying pan into the fire.
Out of the frying pan into the fire.
Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Fire is the most tolerable third party
Fire is the most tolerable third party
They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.
They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]
Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]