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INTRODUCTION.
A 801. [“]?at proverb is nocht trew ;
For fair thingis oft tymes ar fowll fakin.” Henryson,.
Vol. II., p. 278, 11. 57-58.]
A 806. [Cf. How can the foale amble if the horse and mare trot.
Heywood, p. 59.]
A 810. [Cf. That feeld hath eyen and the wode hath eres,
Chaucer, ‘ C. T.,’A 1522.]
A 8x6. [There is no foole to the old foole. Heywood, p. 96.]
A 820. [Cf. The weaker hath the woorse. Heywood, p. 39.]
A 823. [Moe maydes but Malkin. Heywood, p. 56.]
A 825. [Two heads are better than one. Heywood, p. 38.]
A 827. [Three may keepe counsayle if two be away. Heywoodr
p. 112.]
A 828. [He is fre of hors that ner nade none. Hendyng, St. 29.]
A 829. [The moe the merrier the fewer the better fare. Hey¬
wood, p. 137.]
A 830. [Who so bold as blinde Bayard is. Heywood, p. 33.]
A 831. [There be more waies to the wood than one. Heywood,.
P- 1S9-]
A 856. [Moe thinges belong then foure bare legges in a bed.
Heywood, p. 32.]
A 857. [The grettest clerkes bee noght the wysest men.
Chaucer, ‘C. T.,’ A 4054.]
[The greitest Clerkis ar not the wysest men. Henryson,
Vol. II., p. 78, 1. 1056.]
[It is treue . . . that the best clerkes ben not the wysest
men. Caxton’s ‘Reynard the Fox,’ ch. 27.]
[The greatest Clerkes be not the wisest men. Heywood,
p. 115.]
A 858. [Tel thou never thy fo that thy fot aketh. Hendyng, St.
12.]
A 860. [Two hungrie meales make the third a glutton. Hey¬
wood, p. 79.]
MS. 1375. [The blacke ox had not trode on his nor her foote.
Heywood, p. 28.]
MS. 1420. [The rolling stone never gatherth mosse. Heywood,
P- 54-]
A 704. [At E noc/it seis, hart noc^t ^arnis. ‘ Thewis off Gud
Women,’ E.E.T.S., 43, p. 108, 1. 190.]
[Cf. Fer from e^e, fer from herte, quoth Hendyng.
Heywood, p. 12, note.]
[That the eye seeth not the hart reweth not. Heywood,
P- 135-]
MS. 1437. When Adam dalf and Eve span. John Ball’s sermon
during the Peasants Revolt of 1381.
A 707. [When the foxe preacheth then beware your geese.
Heywood, p. 142.]
INTRODUCTION.
A 801. [“]?at proverb is nocht trew ;
For fair thingis oft tymes ar fowll fakin.” Henryson,.
Vol. II., p. 278, 11. 57-58.]
A 806. [Cf. How can the foale amble if the horse and mare trot.
Heywood, p. 59.]
A 810. [Cf. That feeld hath eyen and the wode hath eres,
Chaucer, ‘ C. T.,’A 1522.]
A 8x6. [There is no foole to the old foole. Heywood, p. 96.]
A 820. [Cf. The weaker hath the woorse. Heywood, p. 39.]
A 823. [Moe maydes but Malkin. Heywood, p. 56.]
A 825. [Two heads are better than one. Heywood, p. 38.]
A 827. [Three may keepe counsayle if two be away. Heywoodr
p. 112.]
A 828. [He is fre of hors that ner nade none. Hendyng, St. 29.]
A 829. [The moe the merrier the fewer the better fare. Hey¬
wood, p. 137.]
A 830. [Who so bold as blinde Bayard is. Heywood, p. 33.]
A 831. [There be more waies to the wood than one. Heywood,.
P- 1S9-]
A 856. [Moe thinges belong then foure bare legges in a bed.
Heywood, p. 32.]
A 857. [The grettest clerkes bee noght the wysest men.
Chaucer, ‘C. T.,’ A 4054.]
[The greitest Clerkis ar not the wysest men. Henryson,
Vol. II., p. 78, 1. 1056.]
[It is treue . . . that the best clerkes ben not the wysest
men. Caxton’s ‘Reynard the Fox,’ ch. 27.]
[The greatest Clerkes be not the wisest men. Heywood,
p. 115.]
A 858. [Tel thou never thy fo that thy fot aketh. Hendyng, St.
12.]
A 860. [Two hungrie meales make the third a glutton. Hey¬
wood, p. 79.]
MS. 1375. [The blacke ox had not trode on his nor her foote.
Heywood, p. 28.]
MS. 1420. [The rolling stone never gatherth mosse. Heywood,
P- 54-]
A 704. [At E noc/it seis, hart noc^t ^arnis. ‘ Thewis off Gud
Women,’ E.E.T.S., 43, p. 108, 1. 190.]
[Cf. Fer from e^e, fer from herte, quoth Hendyng.
Heywood, p. 12, note.]
[That the eye seeth not the hart reweth not. Heywood,
P- 135-]
MS. 1437. When Adam dalf and Eve span. John Ball’s sermon
during the Peasants Revolt of 1381.
A 707. [When the foxe preacheth then beware your geese.
Heywood, p. 142.]
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