ADAGIA IN LATIN AND English. CONTAINING FIVE HVNDRED PROVERBS, very profitable for the use of those who aspire to further perfection in the Latin tongue. LONDON, Printed by BERNARD ALSOP, dwelling in Distaffe-Lane, at the Sign of the Dolphin. 1621. LECTORI. S. CVm antè annos non ita mult●s, ludimoderatorem Brechinensem agerem; placuit haec meis discipulis( ex D. Erasmi nunquam satis, in hac thesi laudati viri Chiliadibus) tersa & maxime polita Adagia seligere: Semper fuit animus, ut ●ic Londini, ex multis meis Vigilijs & lucubrationibus, doctis & pijs iampridem innotunt; ●eo, Principi meo, et Reip. Christianae inseruire. Mihi nihil minus cogitanti, sumpatriota,( nomen lubentor subticco) farraginem hanc Anonimos exhibuit. Foetum agno●i, et ut paulo ornatius loqueretur Anglicè volui. Si quid pecc●ti arte tua candidè corrigas. Et — Carpore vel noli nostra vel ede tua, Sivoles— his utere mecum. TO THE READER. I Know these will come under diverse constructions of judgements. Some finds no correspondency, some no application: the one is too large, the other lacketh discretion. The Latin implieth more, the English not fitting: he forgetteth the Allegory, and the particular resemblance; if it lacketh in one, it halteth in another. Lo, some of thy thoughts. I will not here distinguish betwixt Paraemia, Adagia, Gnome, Hyperbole, and Chria, which I have indifferently used. I bring the Modern Proverb that goeth now, I affect antiquity as it was then; and sometime I speak as my mother taught me. judiciously perpend my way in Logical places, and in sense thou shalt find not much amiss, and in meaning an evident conformity. All ages are not alike, many words fall and dye, and daily other revive; all is one, if we speak as the now and then time affords. If Chaucer could arise, he should learn a new phrase, and scarcely could understand, unless he went to school again. We borrow foreign colours of elegancy to dignify and season our speeches. Conquest often maketh variety of tongues, but Autochth noi and Aborigines must needs speak Greek: albeit intermixed with many Dialects. And that Greek( if God permit) which shall accompany this Latin and English, with the French, and both the Dutch, I mean the upper and neither, specially that of the Low Countries, which Nation much delighteth itself in Laconicke speeches. Short words, subtle minds, when the understanding is wand'ring, there is no congruity. These( I say) with usus Adagiorum, & a thousand more, which I have under my pen, when I shall hear of thy good acceptation of these I will exhibit. And lest any should cavil at this manner of writing, let him remember that Solomon spoke three thousand Proverbs, 1. King. 4.32. and many Proverbs I find in the holy Scripture mentioned, which were usually in the Israelites mouths, as Gen. 10.9. 1. Sam. 12.20 and 19.24. and 24.14. And to be brief, how great store of Similes and Parables are now, which have great vicinity and kindred with Proverbs, but differ in form of expressing, liveliness, and brevity. Which( with God's assistance) I purpose to explain, and confer with Poetical and Philosophical wits, both of the Grecians and Romans, in the mean season,( gentle Reader) make use of these. B. R. M. PROVERBS IN LATIN AND English. CENTURIA. I. ARcus tensus rumpitur. To much of one thing is good for nothing: or, a bo● long bend, at last waxeth weak. Naturam expellas furca licet usque recurrit. A man will be a man, if he have but an hose on his head: or, a carrion Kite will never be a good Hawk. Ipsa dies quandoque, parens quandoque noverca. That will be shall be: or, a Dog hath a day. Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur. A friend will help at a dead lift: or, a friend is never known till a man have need. Arctum annulum ne gestato. Every man knows where his own shoo● wrings him: or, a pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt. Similes habent labra lactucas. Such lips, such Lettuce: or, a scabbed horse is good enough for a scabbed Squire. Omnes qui habent citharam non sunt citharedi. All is not gold that gli●ters. Nemo ante mortem beatus. All is well that ends well. Prestat sero quam nunquam sapere. Better late than never. Aquila in nubibus. One bird in hand is worth two i'th' wood: or, better one bird in the hand, than ten in the bush. Ne suitor ultra crepidam. Blind men must not judge of colours. Malo accepto stultus sapit. Wit is never good till it be bought: or, bought wit is best. Piscator ictus sapit. A burnt child will fear the fire: or, a burnt child fire dreads: or, penny wise, pound fool. Lupus pilum mutat non mentem. Cat after kind. Quod tibi non vis fieri alteri ne feceris. Do well, and have well. Difficilia quae pulchra. Dear bought and far fet, are dainties for Ladies. jisdem e literis comaedia & tragedia componitur. As sore weepeth the child afternoon as forenoon. Sera in fundo parsimonia. Better spare at brim then at bottom. Dormienti rete trahit. Better to be happy then wise. Simul & misertum est, & interrijt gratia- Claw a Churl by the tail, and he will soil thy hand. Sum egomet mihi proximus, tunica pallio propior. Close sitteth my shirt, but closer my skin. Tuo te pede metire. Cut your coat after your cloth. Quod satis est sufficit. Enough is as good as a feast. Quo plus sunt potae plus sitiuntur aquae. Ever drink, ever dry. Gallus in suo sterquilinio plurimum valet. Every Cock is proud on his own dunghill. Quisquis amat Ranam, Ranam putat esse Dianam. Suum cuique pulchrum. The Crane thinks her own bird fairest: or, every man as he liketh, quoth the goodman when he kissed his Cow: or, he is a kin to the Owl, who thinks herself fairest. Dantur opes nullis, nunc nisi divitibus. Every man basteth the fat hog. Non quivis rem acu tangit. Every man cannot hit the nail on the head. Qui non litigat, celebs est. Every man can tame a Shrew, but he that hath her. Cuique suum commentum placet. Every man liketh his own child best: or, every man after his fashion. Male partum, male disperit. Ill got, ill spent: or, evil gotten goods never proveth well. Flagitiorum turpis exitus. E●ill gotten, evil spent. Forts fortuna adiwat. Faint heart never won fair Lady. Testudo intra tegimen tuta est. Fast bind, fast find. Verbum sapienti sat est. Few words to the wise suffice. Ne panes in frigidum furnum immittas. Fish is cast away that is cast into dry pools. Stultum contra stimulum calcare. Folly it is to kick against a prick. Must non uni fidit antro. Good riding at two anchors men have told, for if the one fail, the other may hold. Canis festinas caecos parit catulos. Hast maketh waste, or a hasty man never lacketh woe. Capram portare non possum & imponitis bovem. He may ill run, that cannot go. Timidi nunquam statuerunt tropheum. He that feareth every grass, must not piss in a meadow. Quem fortuna nigrum scripserit, hunc non universum aewm, candidum reddere potest. He that is borne to be hanged, shall never be drowned. Vindicta tarda sed gravis. He that killeth a man when he is drunk, shall be hanged when he is sober. Caedimus in que vicem praebemus crura sagittis. He that striketh with the sword, shall be beaten with the scabbard. Estas non semper fuerit componite nidos. He that will not when he may, when he would he shall have nay. Crine ruber niger ore brevis pede lumine iuscus. Rem magnam prestas zoile si bonus es. He that winketh with the one eye, and looketh with the other, I will not trust him though he were my brother. Virtus gloriam parit. He is proper that hath proper conditions. Accipe quam primum brevis est occasio lucri. Make hay while the weather shineth. Hold fast when you have it. Patriae fumus igne alieno luculentior. Home is homely. Somnia cuncta canum panes, ego somnio pi●cem. Hope well and have well. Si non adsunt carnes taricho contentos esse oportet. Hunger maketh hard bones sweet. Non est improbior res altera ventre molesto. Hunger pierceth stone walls. Optimum condimentum fames. Hunger is the best sauce. Malum vas non frangitur. Ill weeds grow fast. Homo homini lupus. In trust is treason. Noli irritare crabrones. It is evil waking of a sleeping Dog. Foelix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum. It is good to beware by other men's harms. Semper tibi pendeat hamus. It is good to have a hatch before the door. Procul a jove pariter atque a fulmine. near the King, near the gallows. Botrus oppositus Botro maturescit. One good turn asketh another. Hostimentum est opera pro poecunia. One shrewd turn followeth another. una Hirundo non facit ver. One Swallow maketh not a summer. Alij sementum faciunt alij metent. One beateth the bush, another catcheth the Birds. Pennas nido maiores extendit. Pride goeth before, and shame cometh after. Merx ultronea putet. Proffered service stinketh. Multe regum aures atque oculi. King's hath long ears and hands. Mandrabuli more res succedit. It mends like sour ale in summer: or the longer the worse, like to my old shoes. Loripidem rectus derideat. He should have a hail pow, that calls his neighbour nitty now. Difficilia quae pulchra. far fet and dear bought are good for Ladies: far fowls hath fair feathers. Pluris est occulatus testes unus quam auriti decem. I will trust my own eyes better than your report. Multa novit Lupus verum Echinus unum magnum▪ Honest simplicity is better than subtlety: or, I will do more with my simplicity, than you with all your craftiness. Si Leonina pellis non satis, est addenda vulpina. What might cannot, malice shall: or, he will either do it by slight or might. Multa noras oportet quibus Deum fallas. Frost and falsehood will have a fowl end: or falsehood will have a fowl end. Dij facientes adiwant. What God will no frost can kill: or, help● thyself, and God will help thee. Cum minerua manum quoque move. He that will not when he may, when he would he shall have nay: or, lie not in the mire and say God help. Lutum nisi tundatur non fit urceus. Win Gold and wear Gold: or, you cannot be a scholar except you take pain in the school. Artem quaevis alit terra. A calling no burden: or, a trades man will win his bread in any part: or, a t●ade is easy carried. In puteo cum canibus pugnat. He meets with his match: or he is fallen with such as he is himself. Aurum habet Tholosanum. He that washes a Black a moor, or powers water in a siue, loses his labour: or, he will never go the way that he spéeds in. Tam perit quam extrema faba. As good never a whit, as never the better: or, there is no relief for him. Qui semel scurra nunquam pater-familias. Once a use and ever a custom: or, he that beggeth five Fridays will not work again. Occasione duntaxat opus improbitati. 'tis an easy matter to find a staff to beat a dog. Aries alituram rependit. I knew he would do evil for good: or, save a thief from the gallows, and he will help to hang thee. Qui canem alit peregrinum. To kiss a man's Wife, or wipe his knife, is a thankless office: or, it is a thankless thing to feed another man's dog. Hirundines sub eodem tecto ne habeas. Like never a Tale teller. Pro meritis male tractarunt Agamemnon a Grai. Do the best I can there is no thank for it. Nemo bene merito bovem immolanit nisi Pyrrhias. A thankful man is far to seek. Si quid iwes plwia levior gratia est. Si quid offendas plumbeas iras gerunt. He is neither well full nor fasting: I know not how to serve them. In senem ne quod collocaris beneficium. It is lost that is done to an old man, and a young child. Cum paruula est, bona videtur spina. Any young thing is pleasant. Malum lucrum aequale dispendio Ill got, ill spent: or, I have lost more than I have gained by it, or evil gotten goods thrive not to the third heir. Ipsa senectus morbus est. No marvel an old man be sick. Omnibus gallaritis oportet cristam inesse. There is no man faultless. Mens non est in centauris. He is big, but hath no courage. Oui●m nulla utilitas si absit canis. A good King, a great jewel. Phryx plagis emendatur. Well with awe, maketh the carl draw. Arcadicum germane. A great Lubbard with little wit. Septennis cum sit nondum aedidit dentes. He will never be wise. CENTURIA. II. BIs pueri senes. Old men are twice babes. Ouem Lupo commisti. When the Fox preaches, beware your Geese: or, thou hast given the Wolf the weather to keep: or the Dog hath gotten the Butter to keep. Ne inner●um erumpat. Better bow than break. Certamen non accipit excusationes. Need makes the old wife troth: or, I must either do or dye. Nihil graculo cum fidibus. Like to like quoth the Devil to the Collier: or, the like to the like, and a scabbed horse to an old dike. Aliter catuli longe olent aliter sues. There are more maids than Maukin: or, they are very like, but not the same. Feli Crocoton. He is unworthy of his place. Alia res sceptrum alia plectrum. He that hath many Irons in the fire, som● will co●le. Induistis me leonis exwium. I w●ll never bear out that state. Canis in presepi. He will neither do nor let do. Seruus cum sis comam geris. You are far above your rank. Extra olea● fertur. The Pri●●● hath forgotten he was ever a Clerk: or, he misknoweth himself. Quae semelancilla nunquam hera. Set a beggar on horseback, and he will ride a gallop: or, the poorest is proudest when she cometh to honour. Dives aut iniquus est aut iniquus heres. Riches and sin are oft married together. Quantum habet, quisque tanti fit. I know not how the world wags, He is best loved that hath maniest bags. Multitudo imperatorum Cariam perdidit. One Master in a house is enough. Nemo bene imperat nisi qui paruerit imperio. A good Apprentice will be a good Master. Arbore deiecta quivis ligna colligit. A man hath many enemies when his back is at the wall: or, let him once fall, and all men will go over him. Annus producit segetem non ager. It is more through hap then good husbandry. Aquilam noctuae comparas. An odious comparison, a Dock to a Daisy. Leo senex vigente potior hinnulo. An old hound biteth sore. Crotonitarum postremus reliquorum grecorum primus est. One man is worth three. In agro surculario capras. Choose thy company before thy drink. Vbi amici ibi opes. A friend in Court, is worth penny in purse. Nihil homini amico est oportuno amicius. A good man can no more harm than a sheep: or, a man is happy that findeth a good friend. Non sunt amici qui degunt procul. A good neighbour, a good morrow. Nunc bene navigavi postquam naufragium feci. A hard beginning hath a g●●d ending. Lingua amicus. A honey t●ngue, a heart of gall. Non profert senior pannis e vilibus armos. A broken sleeve holdeth the arm back. Camelus vel scabiosus complurium asinorum gestat onera. A grunting horse and a groaning Wife, never fail their master. E multis paleis parum fructus collegi. A long haru●st of a little corn. Post bellum auxilium. After meat Mustard. Turdus ipse sibi malum cacat. A swine over fat is cause of his own bane. Mopso Nisa datur quid non speramus amantes. After a storm cometh a calm. Plus apud campanes unguenti, quam apud ceteros olei est. There is more good victuals here, then in seven other kingdoms. Si tantum vitrum quantum margaritum. If you care so much for the body, what should you not care for the soul. Corui lucinijs honoratiores. Now virtue is contemned. Inter caecos regnat strabus. If the blind lead the blind, both fall in the ditch. Cocta numerabinus exta. Praise a fair day at even-night. Magistratus virum indicat. A man is best known when he is in authority. In dolio figularem artem disce. You must spoil before you spin. Tentantes ad troiam pervenerunt Greci. Spare by chance, you may come speed. Post malam segetem serendum est. All is not lost that is in danger. Domesticum malum. A misruled Wife. Nihil graue passus es nisi tibi vindicas. A good conscience is a continual feast. Emere malo quam rogare. I will not both pay and pray. Cygnea cantio. A fatal song. Tunc canunt cygni quum tacebunt graculi. I shall have my word about. Fames & mora, bilem in nasum conciunt. Speak never to a fasting man. Ventre pleno melior consultatio. When meat is in, anger is out. Molestus interpellator venture. Near is my Pety-Cote but nearer is my Smock. Matura satio saepe decipit, sera semper mala est. Take time when time is, for time will a way. Ante lentem auges ollam. You hope for that will never come to pass. Informs hyemes reducit jupiter, idem submovet. After a storm comes a calm: or after black clouds clear weather. Post caenam stabis aut passus mille meabis. After dinner sit a while, aft●r supper walk● a mile. Id puto melius esse ut sint mediocria cuique· All covet, all loose. Mature fias senex, si diu velis esse senex. An old sack asketh much patching. Fricantem frica. An ill Cook cannot lick his own finger's. Amicus magis necessarius quam ignis aut a qua As a man is friended, so the Law is ended. Neoptolemi vindicta. As deep drinketh the Goose as the Gander. Ad suum quemque questum aequum est esse callidum. As good to play for naught, as work for naught Nihil prosuerit bulbus neruis carency. Ask my companion whether I be a Thée●e. T●te hoc intristi tibi omne est expedendum. As I brew, so must I needs drink. Mista senum, ac Iwenum, densantur funera. As soon goeth the young Lamb's skin to the market, as the old ewes. Si tibi machera est & nobis urbina est domi. Bachelor's Wives, and maids Children are well taught. jupiter emeritur opes mortalibus ipse, Sic visum ut fuerit, cuicunque bonoue malove. Be it better, be it worse, do you after him that beareth the purse. Mactata veniet lenior hostia▪ Beggars should be no choosers. Edentatus vescentium dentibus invidet. Better to be envied then pitied. Noli movere Camarinam. Better children weep then old men. Est melius multo fortuna saepe morari. Scandere quam praeceps interitumque pati. Better sit still then rise and fall. jactantia comes invidiae. He that showeth his goods longeth to be rift Haud malum vulpinandum cum vulpe. It is better to kiss a knave, then to be troubled with him. Bonum extra fumum & undam esse. It is good sleeping in a whole skin. Vltra peram sapit. Poor and proud, fie, fie. Tibicinis vitam vivis. You fare well on other men's purses. Aries cornibus lasciviens. He is better fed then taught. Caprarius in aestu. Little he can do, and it is out of season. Complura masculi canis cubilia. Seldom will a Whoremaster hold himself with an honest Wife. Rosam quae preterijt ne queris iterum. Gréeue never yourself, for that cannot be● amended. Quid de pusillis magna prooemia. You make much ado for nothing. Cum Leones sint domi, ijdem in arte sunt vulpeculi. When you agree with your enemy, put two bars upon the door. Furor post omnia perdere naulum. Better half an Egg then empty shell. Figulus figulo inuide●. One beggar is woe, another by the way should go. Vnicum arbustum haud alit duos Erithacoes. One beggar is enough at one door. Candidae musarum januae. A good Scholar is ever liberal. Optat ephippia bos, piger, optat arare caballus. There is no man content with his own estate. Frenum mordet. He would fain be out of his Prenticeship. Improbe neptunum accusat iterum qui naufragium fecit. A wit bought, is worth two for naught. Ad amussim applica lapidem, non ad lapidem amussim. We should live according to the laws. Aequalitas haud parit bellum. Good neighbours will not be hard. Quae non posuisti ne tollas. Live on your own. Dat veniam coruis vexat censura columbas. They leap over where the dike is lowest. Non suadebis ne si persuaseris quidem. I cannot believe it though I saw it myself. Quod seruos habemus, totidem habemus hosts. He cannot love me that is afraid of me. Lidus ostium claudat. He that cometh last make the door fast. CENTURIA. III. QVid distant aera lupinis. There is no comparison. Valeat amicus cum inimico. For my part burn the kill boldly. In occipitio oculos gerit. He hath one eye in his neck. Homini diligenti semper aliquid super est. A wise man cannot be idle. Arator nisi incurnus prevaricatur. He that goeth not skilfully to his work can not speed. Grues lapidem delgutientes. They know whose errand they go●. Post folia cadunt arbores. If I suffer this I shall have worse. De pilo pendet. His life is on his lip. Inter sacrum & saxum. Betwixt sink and si●e. A front praecipitium, a tergo lupi. Betwixt the Devil and the dead sea. Flamma fumo est proxima. After words cometh blows. Caluus cum sis ne obuersa fronte obimas parieti. Meddle with thy match. Ne bona tu pandis ratibus semel omnia mandes. Put not all in hazard at once. Pasce canes qui te lanient catulosque luporum. Save a thief from the Gallows and he will cut thy throat. Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator. The beggar may sing before the thief. Tanquam argiwm clypium abstulerit gloriatur. The greatest talkers are the least doers. Celsae graviore casu, decidunt turres. The highest tree hath the greatest fall. Oscitante uno deinde oscitat & alter. The young Cock crow●th after the old. Qui nimium properat serius absoluit. The more hast the less speed. Magis sibi placet quam Peleus in machera. The Parish Priest forgetteth that ever he hath been Clerk. Lapis obuolutus non obducitur musco. The rolling ston● never gathereth Moss. Omnem facultatem indutus est. We can have no more of the Fox, but his skin. Nunc tuum ferrum in igni est. When the Iron is hot strike. Accipe quam primum brevis est occasio lucri. When the pig is proffered hold up the poke. Dum genua virent. When the sun shineth make hay. Tunc tua res agitur paries dum proximus ardet. When thy neighbour's house doth burn, be● careful of thine own. Ni purgas & molas non comedes. Win Gold and wear Gold. Sero sapiunt phryges. Wit is never good till it be bought. Tacitus pasci si posset coruus haberet plus dapis. You cannot far well, but you must cry Rosemeate. Festina lente. Soft fire maketh sweet Malt. Caput artis est docere quod facias. I pray you do as you say. In aere piscatur. He may gape long ere a Bird fall into his mouth. Piscem natare doces. Nature passeth nurture. Eliphantem ex musca facis. He stumbles at a straw, and leaps over a block. Exacta via viaticum querit. The older the worse. Leonis exunium super crocatum. A fair hood on a false head. Vino vendibili non opus est suspensa haeder●. Good Wine needeth no bush. Totus aechynus asper. There cometh never a merry look from him. Minutula plwia imbrem facit. Many smals makes a great. Multis ictibus deijcitur quercus. Hair● and hair will make the ●arle bald. Ceram au●ibus addis. He that will not be counselled, cannot be helped. Contingit & malis venatio. Fortune sometimes favours fools. Tranquillo quilibet guberna●or est. Misery shaveth the man. Oculus dexter mihi salit. I shall have my hearts desire. Si libeat, seruare procul quoque numina possunt. H●p and halfpenny are goods enough. Noctua volat. G●ace is good for the man. Recte valere & sapere duo vitae bona. A man hath no more than he hath good of. Neque caecum ducem neque amentem consultorem adhibeas. When you go to dance take heed whom you take by the hand. Non est remedium adversus Sycophantis morsus. You cannot stay evil hung tongues ●●ustra Herculi calumniam instruis. Do well, and let men say. Propria vineta caedis. You spit upon your own sleeve. Extra publicam viam ne deflectes. The high way is the best way. Mul●ae manus, onus levius reddunt. Many hands make light work. Sub aliena arbore fructum coliigit. He neu●r sweat for that he hath. In magnis voluisse sat est. He that doth as he can needs no reproof. Cauda de vulpe testatur. You may know the man by his manners, E cantu dignoscitur avis. You may know the horse by his harness. Aquila non captat muscas. He will not look so low. Asinus compluitur. He stirreth no more than beaten Stockfish. Ne allij quidem caput dedit. He had rather part with his life before he will give a penny. Indus Elephantus non curat culicem. He neither doth m● good nor evil. E flamma cibum petit. He careth not how he hath it so he may get it. Non estoleum in lechito. You seek grace at a graceless face. Nihil Inanius quam multa scire. Lea●ne not that is much, but that is best. Viro lydo negotium non erat at ipse foras profectus paravit aut, callidum prandium comoedere. A hasty man never wants woe. Ego spem preti● non emam. I will not buy a pig in a poke. A micitias immortales esse oportet. Kindness will creep where it cannot go. Simile gaudet simili. Like unto like. Ad mensuram aquam bibunt, citra mensuram offam comedunt. A Prodigal must want. Aliorum medicus, ipse hulceribus scates. Love beginneth at itself. Dasipus carnes desiderat. He will never be contented Facta iwenum, consilia meliorum, vota senum. Choose the man in that he hath best skill of. Non omnis fert omnia tellus. Every man hath his own gift. Marinam auditionem flwiali abluit sermone. He putteth a fair face upon an evil favoured tale. Ego de allijs loquor t● respondes de cepis. I speak of wheat, and you of Horse-corne. Stimula equum iuxta lineam. Speak to the purpose. Me mortuo terra misceatur incendio. When I die, the world dyeth with me. Mihi istic nec serit●●●ec metitur. I have not to do with it. Non luctu sed remedio opus in malis. Sorrow never helped man. Boni viri lachrimabiles. Little knoweth the fat Sow what the lean doth mean. Batte tune pedibus nudis perrepere montem, Quip rubis tribulisque viret mons undique densis. Look before you leap. Vi●e tibi quantumque potes prelustria vitae. Tempore prelustri fulmen ab arce venit. Look not to hie, lest a chip fall in your eye. Qui nimium emungit fortiter elicet sanguinem. Better to bow then break. Duos insequens lepores neutrum capil. Between two stools the tail goeth to the ground. Obijcere canibus agnos. Beware the Geese when the Fox preaches. Pares cum paribus facillime congregantur. Birds of a feather will flock together. Custode & cura natura potentior omni. Blaeke will take no other hue. Camelus desiderans cornnua etiam aures perdidit. All covet, all lose. Aequalitas non parit be●●um. Even reckoning maketh long friends. Polycrates matrem pascit. Fair words makes fool's fain●. Acinos sus improba pendes. Frost and fraud have always foul ends. Mihi ipsi Balneum ministrabo. Give an inch, you would have an ell. Quod alibi diminutum exaequatur alibi. God sendeth cold after clothes. Est fortunatior quam prudentior & contingit & malis venatio. God sendeth fortune to fools. Canes timidi vehementius latrant. Great Barkers are no byters. Bonum e terra spectare naufragium. Half warned half armed Obedientia faelicitatis matter. Happy man, happy dole. Quid nisi victis dolour. He laughs that winneth. Ludere qui nescit campe stribus abstinet armis▪ He that plays more than he sees forfeits his eyes to the king. CENTURIA. FOUR NOn statim cum initio apparet finis· Hot love is soon cold. Vtere curru, de asinis nihil laboramus. He that reckons without his host must reckon twice. Lignum tortum haud unquam rectum. How can the foal amble when the mare trots. Non inter pellendus latrant venture. Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings. Quisquis amatranam, ranam credit esse Dianrm. In love is no lack. Malis ter mala. Ill gotten ill spent. Multa caduntinter calicem supremaque labra. In space cometh grace. Cum Deo quisque aut gaudet aut flet. It chanceth in an hour which happeneth not in seven year. Asini caput ne laves nitro. It is a bad cloth that will tak● no colour. Qui sibi nequam cui bonus. It is a bad bird that fileth his own nest. Cupidinum crumena porri folio vincta est. It is hard to win and thrive both in a year. Bos lassus fortius figit pedem, vel, habet & musea splenem. An old dog biteth sore. Stultus qui patre caeso liberis pepercit, vel, mortui non mordent. Better to go by the enemy's grave then his door. Qui tacitus procedit, via huius ego fuero Dux▪ Every man for himself, and God for us all. Syrus cum sis ne syrissa. jack would be a Gentleman, if he could speak French. Estate penulam detrahis. You think you will never be old. Odi puerulos precoci sapientia. Soon ripe, soon rotten. Festina lente. At leisure, as Flax groweth. Legatus non caeditur neque violatur. It is not mine errand I go. Attica fides. As true as steel. Rhadamanteum iudicium. Extremity of the Law. Ignis, mare, mulier, tria mala. A wicked woman and an evil, is three halfpence worse than the devil. Mulier pudica ne sola sit usquam. It is evil to put powder and flax together. Nunc pluit & claro nunc Iupiter aethere su●git. It will not be ill always. Vbi non sis qui fueris non est cur velis vivere. I will not borrow on the man that begged at me? Ad prestina presepia. Bring a Cow to the hall, and she will to the Byre again. Quod aliter condiunt coqui aliter condiam. I will make up-side down. Dextera precipue capit indulgentia mentes. Asperitas odium saeva que bella movet. By wisdom peace, by peace plenty, by plenty war. Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit. It is a good hors● that never stumbleth. Facilis descensus averni. It is easier to descend then ascend. Bonum tragedias in nugis facere. It is good fishing in troubled water. Malum contra torrentem niti. It is hard striving against a stream. Malum pro perca scorpium vel, si vinum postulet pugnos illi dato. It is better coming to the end of a feast, then beginning of a ●ray▪ Priusquam mactaris excorias, vel capra nondu● peperit haedus autem ludit in tectis. It is ill fishing before the net. Elleborum frustra cum iam cutis aegra tumebat Poscentes videas venienti occurrere morbo. It is ill healing of an old sore. Sybaritica mensa▪ It is merry in hall when beards wag all. Insanire facit sanoa quoque copia vini. It is merry when knaves meet. Nihil inanius quam multa scire. It is not good to have an Oar in every man● Boate. Quo semel est imbuta recens seruabit▪ odorem ●esta diu. It will not o●t of the flesh that is bred in th● bone. jucundissima navigatio iuxta terram, ambulatio iuxta mare. Light gains makes a heavy purse. Omni pede eundem calceum inducit. He healeth all sores with one salve. In alieno choro pedem ponis. Meddle with your own business. Facile cum valemus recta consilia egrotis damu●▪ We have better counsel to give then to take▪ Quarta luna natus. He was borne to great misery. De a●ieno ludis corio. You cut large thongs of other men's leather. Ama tanquam osurus, odi tanquam amaturus. Mediocrity is best in all things. Amici mores noveris non oderis. Fall not out with thy friend for a trifle. Salem & mensam ne preterias. Forsake not thy old friend. Par odio importuna benevolentia. There is time for all things. Felicium multi cognati. The fortunate hath many friends. Ne jupiter quidem omnibus placet. I cannot follow all men's humours. Coelum territat armis. He believes he would beat the Devil. Tradebat notus hunc Boreae quandoque vehendum. Nunc rursum Zephyro tractandum tradidit eurus. Strive not against the stream. Mala senium accelerant. Sorrow and an evil life, maketh soon an old Wife. Expectat bos olim herbam, vel, expectat anus meum filium te suaniaturum. While the grass groweth the horse starveth. Si vulture e● expecta cadaver. He liveth upon other men's deaths. Haud unquam arcet ostium. He keepeth a good house. Semper aliquis in Cydonis domo. He never wanteth good cheer. Foreste habent tritas ut pastorum casae. His gate is as open as the Church style. Neque compluitur, neque sole aduritur. He is his Mother's child. Neque nature, neque literas. He neither knoweth Goose nor sty. Barbarus ex trivio. He is a very sot. Claudi more tenere pilam▪ Be it good or be it bad, he will maintain it. Equi senecta. When he can do no more good, then make an old horse of him. Anus velit equus profundam habebis. Forsooth what should be done with an old wife but make Gunpowder of her. Ab asino delapsus. He hath lost that he will never find. Nullam hodie lineam d●xi. I have spent this day idly. Neglectis urenda fi●ix innascitur agris. H● that will not work, will want, Ignavis semper feriae sunt. The idle have many holy days. In alieno foro litigat. He knoweth not what he doth. Arrepta candela candelabrum querit. Ye are wise behind the hand. Ne verba pro farinis. Go to the market with your thanks. Vmbra pro corpore. He gets by that, as Dickins did by his dishes. Diomedis & Glauci permutatio. He hath cost for the worse. Si vinum postulet, pugnos illi dato. He is evil served. Multa cadunt, inter calicem supremaque labra. Chance is perilous. Nescis quid serus vesper vehat. No man knoweth his destiny. Si crebro jaceas, aliud, alias jeceris. Give not over though thy luck be bad. Frigidam aquam suffundit. I can do no more than I may. Lach●yma nihil citius arescit. Sorrow is soon forgot. Prot●o mutabilior. He is as fickle as the Weathercock. Euripus homo. As light as the Queens' groat. Duabus sedere cellis. Betwixt two stools the tail goeth down. Duos parietes dealbare eadem fidelia. He maketh two sons in law of one daughter. Thrace's faedera nesciunt. Neither word nor war can bind him. Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat. He is as false as the Devil. Refricare cicatricem. Ye are glad of ●uill tidings. Tangere hulcus. To ●o●ch one on the sore toe. Ignem gladio ne fodito. I● ye make it no better, make it no worse. Temulentus dormiens non est excitandus. Put not powder among Pitchers. Sinapi victitat. He is ever frowning. CENTURIA. V. A Nimus habitat in auribus I answer you according to your ask. Hermodij catilena. To sing mournfully. Admeri nenia. A doleful song. Arctum annulum ne gestato. Do not that suddenly may cause your sorrow. Titanicus aspectus. He looketh as he would look through me. Caepam edit. He laugheth, and the tear is in his eye. Ne sis panis mihi. I will use no more of your counsel then pleaseth me. Frontem exporrigere. To look blithe upon it. Magis gaudet eo qui senectam exuit. He is as glad as i● he had found a treasure. Manum habet sub pallio. He is not content with himself. Helenae cibi. A costly banquet. Attica bellaria. Great delicates. Optimum condimen●um fames. Hunger is the best sauce. Dubia caena. Sweet meat must have sour sauce. Accipit & glebam ferro. He will take any thing before he loseth all. Bis that, qui cito dat. I had rather have it now, then twice as much another time. Promus magis quam condus. He never laboured the thing that he spendeth. ●ona porcenae. ●t is cheaper sold, then ever it was bought. De plaustro loqui. He is not ashamed who hears him scolding. Veritas odium parit. All the truth would not be told. Et dicebaris erasque. It is true that men speak of you. Simplex veritatis oratio. Truth seeketh not by ways. Quod in cord sobrij id est in lingua ebrij. A full man cannot lie. In vino veritas. When the drink is in, the wit is out. Lingua lapsa verum dicet. Against his will he doth say truth. Ficus ficus, ligonem ligonem vocat. He tells plainly how the matter was. Liberi poetae, & pictores. Poets and Painters have leave to lie. Superbat tan quam argiwm clypeum detra●●rit. He swaggers as if the whole town were 〈◊〉 own. Auro loquente nihil pollit quaevis oratio. The world is come now to, what will 〈◊〉 give me. Si caseum haberem non desiderarem abso●● He is a very Miser. Salem lingit. He is not worth the wool of a dog. Coruum delusit hiantem. His obligation is not better than his word. ●olus ereptus ex faucibus. 〈◊〉 thought never to have seen it. ●urem pro leone ostentat. ●is words are but wind. ●arturiunt montes nascetur ridiculus mus. ●is promises are no performances. ●upus circa puteum chorum agit. ●e hath done with his best day. ●uerens obsonium vestem perdidit. shunning the smoke, he fell in the fire. ●uos insequens lepores neutrum capit. ●ast and loose is no possession. ●pem pretio non emo. 〈◊〉 will not buy a pig in a yoke. ●uuius non semper fert secures. ●uery day is not yesterday. ●emper agricola in nowm annum Dives. 〈◊〉 hope to be an honest man yet. ●ucleum amisi reliqui pignori putamina. 〈◊〉 believed to have got the Cat with two tails. 〈◊〉 caducum parietem inclinare. ●o hope in a broken bow. ●●edum est & mansisse diu vacuumque redisse. ●ou should not come for an errand, and go home with your finger on your cheek. jupiter haud quicquid animo corceperit illud perficit exemplo. No man can have all his wishes. Saepe etiam est olitor valde opportuna locutus. A fool speaketh truth at some time. Nam illi iam non sunt, aut qui sunt, mali. It is not now as it wont to be, or the case is altered. Fuere quondam strenui Milesij. There is many father worse, few father better. Fuimus Troes. We were sometime better than we are now. Arabicus tibicen. They may ●eare 〈◊〉 where they cannot see him. Dodonaeum aes. He can never hold his lips together. Non est eius●em & multa, & oportuna dicere. Where much is spoken, pa●t is spoiled. Os infrene. An evil hung tongue. Sicoruus poscit tacitus pasci. He that showeth his goods longeth to be robbed Citra vinum temulentia. He is overcome with vices. Ad vinum desectus. He can well speak at the Table head. FINIS.