Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.

Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.

He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.

He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.

Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.

Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.

This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.

Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.

Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.

Those things please more, which are more expensive.

Those things please more, which are more expensive.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.

Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.

It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.