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Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
