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One swallow does not make spring.
One swallow does not make spring.
How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
