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It is good the have a hatch before the durre.
It is good the have a hatch before the durre.
Yee have many strings to your bowe.
Yee have many strings to your bowe.
So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath
two strings, a title of present right read more
So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath
two strings, a title of present right and another to provide for
future possibility or chance.
One can't get diseases
of Mad Chicken or Mad Pig
by eating tomatoes or
almonds or figs.
One can't get diseases
of Mad Chicken or Mad Pig
by eating tomatoes or
almonds or figs.
According to her cloth she cut her coat.
According to her cloth she cut her coat.
Good nature without prudence, is foolishness
Good nature without prudence, is foolishness
He is a dangerous fellow, keep clear of him. (That is: he has
hay on his horns, showing he read more
He is a dangerous fellow, keep clear of him. (That is: he has
hay on his horns, showing he is dangerous.)
[Lat., Faenum habet in cornu, longe fuge.]
Look before you ere you leap.
Look before you ere you leap.
And it is a common saying that it is best first to catch the
stag, and afterwards, when he read more
And it is a common saying that it is best first to catch the
stag, and afterwards, when he has been caught, to skin him.
[Lat., Et vulgariter dicitur, quod primun oportet cervum capere,
et postea, cum captus fuerit, illum excoriare.]