Adagia in Latine and English containing five hundred proverbs : very profitable for the vse of those who aspire to further perfection in the Latine tongue.

PROVERBS IN LATINE AND English .

CENTVRIA . I.

ARcus tensus rumpitur .

To much of one thing is good for nothing : or , a bo● long bent , at last waxeth weake .

Naturam expellas furca licet vsque recurrit .

A man will be a man , if he haue but an hose on his head : or , a carrion Kite will neuer be a good Hawke .

Ipsa dies quandoque , parens quandoque nouerca .

That will be shal 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 neuer knowne till a man haue néed .

Arctum annulum ne gestato .

Euery man knowes where his owne shoo● wrings him : or , a pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt .

Similes habent labra lactucas .

Such lips , such Lettice : 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 then neuer .

Aquila in nubibus .

One bird in hand is worth two i' th wood : or , better one bird in the hand , then ten in the bush .

Ne sutor vltra crepidam .

Blind men must not iudge of colours .

Malo accepto stultus sapit .

Wit is neuer good till it bee bought : or , bought wit is best .

Piscator ictus sapit .

A burnt child will feare the fire : or , a burnt child fire dreads : or , penny wise , pound foole .

Lupus pilum mutat non mentem .

Cat after kind .

Quod tibi non vis fieri alteri ne feceris .

Doe well , and haue well .

Difficilia quae pulchra .

Deare bought and farre fet , are dainties for Ladies .

Iisdem e literis comaedia & tragedia componitur .

As sore wéepeth the child afternoone as forenoone .

Sera in fundo parsimonia .

Better spare at brim then at bottome .

Dormienti rete trahit .

Better to be happy then wise .

Simul & misertum est , & interrijt gratia -

Claw a Churle by the taile , and he will soile thy hand .

Sum egomet mihi proximus , tunica pallio propior .

Close sitteth my shirt , but closer my skinne .

Tuo te pede metire .

Cut your coat after your cloath .

Quod satis est sufficit .

Enough is as good as a feast .

Quo plus sunt potae plus sitiuntur aquae .

Euer drinke , euer dry .

Gallus in suo sterquilinio plurimum valet .

Euery Cocke is proud on his owne dunghill .

Quisquis amat Ranam , Ranam putat esse Dianam . Suum cuique pulchrum .

The Crane thinkes her owne bird fairest : or , euery man as hee liketh , quoth the goodman when he kist his Cow : or , he is a kin to the Owle , who thinkes her selfe fairest .

Dantur opes nullis , nunc nisi diuitibus .

Euery man basteth the fat hogge .

Non quiuis rem acu tangit .

Euery man cannot hit the naile on the head .

Qui non litigat , celebs est .

Euery man can tame a Shrew , but he that hath her .

Cuique suum commentum placet .

Euery man liketh his owne child best : or , euery man after his fashion .

Male partum , male disperit .

Ill got , ill spent : or , euill gotten goods neuer proueth well .

Flagitiorum turpis exitus .

E●ill gotten , euill spent .

Fortes fortuna adiuuat .

Faint heart neuer won faire Lady .

Testudo intra tegimen tuta est .

Fast binde , fast finde .

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 pooles .

Stultum contra stimulum calcare .

Folly it is to kick against a pricke .

Mus non vni fidit antro .

Good riding at two ankers men haue told , for if the one faile , the other may hold .

Canis festinas caecos parit catulos .

Hast maketh waste , or a hasty man neuer lacketh woe .

Capram portare non possum & imponitis bouem .

He may ill runne , that cannot goe .

Timidi nunquam statuerunt tropheum .

He that feareth euery grasse , must not piss● in a medow .

Quem fortuna nigrum scripserit , hunc non vniuersum aeuum , candidum reddere potest .

He that is borne to be hanged , shall neuer be drowned .

Vindicta tarda sed grauis .

He that killeth a man when he is drunke , shall be hanged when he is sober .

Caedimus in que vicem praebemus crura sagittis .

He that striketh with the sword , shall bee beaten with the scabbard .

Estas non semper fuerit componite nidos .

He that will not when he may , when hee would he shall haue nay .

Crine ruber niger ore breuis 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 breuis est occasio lucri .

Make hay while the weather shineth .

Hold fast when you haue it .

Patriae fumus igne alieno luculentior .

Home is homely .

Somnia cuncta canum panes , ego somnio pi●cem .

Hope well and haue well .

Si non adsunt carnes taricho contentos esse oportet .

Hunger maketh hard bones swéete .

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 euill waking of a sléeping Dogge .

Foelix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum .

It is good to beware by other mens harmes .

Semper tibi pendeat hamus .

It is good to haue a hatch before the doore .

Procul a Ioue pariter atque a fulmine .

Neere the King , neere the gallowes .

Botrus oppositus Botro maturescit .

One good turne asketh another .

Hostimentum est opera pro poecunia .

One shrewd turne followeth another .

Vna 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 commeth after .

Merx vltronea putet .

Proffered seruice stinketh .

Multe regum aures atque oculi .

Kings hath long eares and hands .

Mandrabuli more res succedit .

It mends like sowre ale in summer : or the longer the worse , like to my old shooes .

Loripidem rectus derideat .

He should haue a haile pow , that cals his neighbour nitty now .

Difficilia quae pulchra .

Farre fet and déere bought are good for Ladies : farre fowles hath faire feathers .

Pluris est occulatus testes vnus quam auriti decem .

I will trust my owne eyes better then your report .

Multa nouit Lupus verum Echinus vnum magnum ▪

Honest simplicity is better then subtilty : or , I will doe more with my simplicitie , then you with all your craftinesse .

Si Leonina pellis non satis , est addenda vulpina .

What might cannot , malice shall : or , hee will either do it by slight or might .

Multa noras oportet quibus Deum fallas .

Frost and falshood will haue a fowle end : or falshood will haue a fowle end .

Dij facientes adiuuant .

What God will no frost can kill : or , help● thy selfe , and God will help thée .

Cum minerua manum quoque moue .

He that will not when he may , when hee would he shall haue nay : or , lye not in the mire and say God helpe .

Lutum nisi tundatur non fit vrceus .

Win Gold and weare Gold : or , you cannot be a scholler except you take paine in the s●hoole .

Artem quaeuis alit terra .

A calling no burden : or , a trades man will win his bread in any part : or , a t●ade is easie carried .

In puteo cum canibus pugnat .

He méetes with his match : or hee is fallen with such as he is himselfe .

Aurum habet Tholosanum .

He that washes a Black a moore , or powers water in a siue , loses his labour : or , hee will neuer go the way that he spéeds in .

Tam perit quam extrema faba .

As good neuer a whit , as neuer the better : or , there is no reléefe for him .

Qui semel scurra nunquam pater-familias .

Once a vse and euer a custome : or , he that beggeth fiue Frydaies will not worke againe .

Occasione duntaxat opus improbitati .

T is an easie matter to finde a staffe to beate a dogge .

Aries alituram rependit .

I knew he would doe euill for good : or , saue a theefe from the gallowes , and he will help to hang thée .

Qui canem alit peregrinum .

To kisse a mans Wife , or wipe his knife , is a thankless● office : or , it is a thanklesse thing to féed another mans dogge .

Hirundines sub eodem tecto ne habeas .

Like neuer a Tale teller .

Pro meritis male tractarunt Agamemnon a Grai .

Do the best I can there is no thank for it .

Nemo bene merito bouem immolanit nisi Pyrrhias .

A thankfull man is farre to séeke .

Si quid iuues pluuia leuior gratia est .

Si quid offendas plumbeas iras gerunt .

He is neither well full nor fasting :

I know not how to serue them .

In senem ne quod collocaris beneficium .

It is lost that is done to an old man , and a yong child .

Cum paruula est , bona videtur spina .

Any young thing is pleasant .

Malum lucrum aequale dispendio

Ill got , ill spent : or , I haue lost more then I haue gained by it , or euill gotten goods thriue not to the third heire .

Ipsa senectus morbus est .

No maruell an old man be sicke .

Omnibus gallaritis oportet cristam inesse .

There is no man faultlesse .

Mens non est in centauris .

He is bigge , but hath no courage .

Oui●m nulla vtilitas si absit canis .

A good King , a great Iewell .

Phryx plagis emendatur .

Well with awe , maketh the carle draw .

Arcadicum germen .

A great Lubbard with little wit .

Septennis cum sit nondum aedidit dentes .

He will neuer be wise .

CENTVRIA . II.

BIs pueri senes .

Old men are twice babes .

Ouem Lupo commisti .

When the Foxe preaches , beware your Géese : or , thou hast giuen the Wolfe the weather to kéepe : or the Dogge hath gotten the Butter to kéepe .

Ne inner●um erumpat .

Better bow then breake .

Certamen non accipit excusationes .

Need makes the old wife trot : or , I must either doe or dye .

Nihil graculo cum fidibus .

Like to like quoth the Deuill 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 moe maids then Maukin : or , they are very like , but not the same .

Feli Crocoton .

He is vnworthy of his place .

Alia res sceptrum alia plectrum .

He that hath many Irons in the fire , som● will co●le .

Induistis me leonis exuuium .

I w●ll neuer beare out that state .

Canis in presepi .

He will neither doe nor let doe .

Seruus cum sis comam geris .

You are farre aboue your ranke .

Extra olea● fertur .

The Pri●●● hath forgotten hee was euer a Clerke : or , he misknoweth himselfe .

Quae semelancilla nunquam hera .

Set a beggar on horsebacke , and hee will ride a gallop : or , the poorest is proudest when she commeth to honour .

Diues aut iniquus est aut iniquus heres.

Riches and sinne are oft married together .

Quantum habet , quisque tanti fit .

I know not how the world wags ,

He is best loued that hath maniest bags .

Multitudo imperatorum Cariam perdidit .

One Master in a house is enough .

Nemo bene imperat nisi qui paruerit imperio .

A good Prentice will be a good Master .

Arbore deiecta quiuis ligna colligit .

A man hath many enemies when his backe is at the wall : or , let him once fall , and all men will go ouer him .

Annus producit segetem non ager .

It is more through hap then good husbandry .

Aquilam noctuae comparas .

An odious comparison , a Docke to a Dazie .

Leo senex vigente potior hinnulo .

An old hound byteth sore .

Crotonitarum postremus reliquorum grecorum primus est .

One man is worth thrée .

In agro surculario capras .

Chuse thy company before thy drinke .

Vbi amici ibi opes .

A friend in Court , is worth penny in pursse .

Nihil homini amico est oportuno amicius .

A good man can no more harme then a shéepe : or , a man is happy that findeth a good friend .

Non sunt amici qui degunt procul .

A good neighbour , a good morrow .

Nunc bene nauigaui postquam naufragium feci .

A hard beginning hath a g●●d ending .

Lingua amicus .

A honny t●ngue , a hart of gall .

Non profert senior pannis e vilibus armos .

A broken sléeue holdeth the arme backe .

Camelus vel scabiosus complurium asinorum gestat onera .

A grunting horse and a groaning Wife , neuer faile their maister .

E multis paleis parum fructus collegi .

A long haru●st of a little corne .

Post bellum auxilium .

After meate Mustard .

Turdus ipse sibi malum cacat .

A swine ouer fat is cause of his owne bane .

Mopso Nisa datur quid non speramus amantes .

After a storme commeth a calme .

Plus apud campanes vnguenti , quam apud ceteros olei est .

There is more good victuals hére , then in seuen other kingdomes .

Si tantum vitrum quantum margaritum .

If you care so much for the body , what should you not care for the soule .

Corui lucinijs honoratiores .

Now vertue is contemned .

Inter caecos regnat strabus .

If the blind lead the blind , both fall in the ditch .

Cocta numerabinus exta .

Praise a faire day at euen-night .

Magistratus virum indicat .

A man is best knowne when he is in authoritie .

In dolio figularem artem disce .

You must spoile before you spin .

Tentantes ad troiam peruenerunt Greci .

Spaire 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 continuall feast .

Emere malo quam rogare .

I will not both pay and pray .

Cygnea cantio .

A fatall song .

Tunc canunt cygni quum tacebunt graculi .

I shall haue my word about .

Fames & mora , bilem in nasum conciunt .

Speake neuer to a fasting man .

Ventre pleno melior consultatio .

When meat is in , anger is out .

Molestus interpellator venter .

Neare is my Pety-Cote but nearer is my Smocke .

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 neuer come to passe .

Informes hyemes reducit Iupiter , idem submouet .

After a storme comes a calme : or after black clouds cleare weather .

Post caenam stabis aut passus mille meabis .

After dinner sit a while , aft●r supper walk● a mile .

Id puto melius esse vt sint mediocria cuique·

All couet , all loose .

Mature fias senex , si diu velis esse senex .

An old sacke asketh much patching .

Fricantem frica .

An ill Cooke cannot licke his owne f●ngers .

Amicus magis necessarius quam ignis aut a qua

As a man is friended , so the Law is ended .

Neoptolemi vindicta .

As déepe 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 caren●● .

Aske my companion whether I be a Thée●e .

T●te hoc intristi tibi omne est expedendum .

As I brew , so must I néeds drinke .

Mista senum , ac Iuuenum , densantur funera .

As soone goeth the young Lambes skin to the market , as the old ewes .

Si tibi machera est & nobis vrbina est domi .

Batchellors Wiues , and maids Children are well taught .

Iupiter emeritur opes mortalibus ipse ,

Sic visum vt fuerit , cuicunque bonoue maloue .

Be it better , be it worse , do you after him that beareth the pursse .

Mactata veniet lenior hostia ▪

Beggars should be no choosers .

Edentatus vescentium dentibus inuidet .

Better to be enuyed then pittyed .

Noli mouere Camarinam .

Better children wéepe then old men .

Est melius multo fortuna saepe morari .

Scandere quam praeceps interitumque pati .

Better sit still then rise and fall .

Iactantia comes inuidiae .

He that sheweth his goods longeth to be rift

Haud malum vulpinandum cum vulpe .

It is better to kisse a knaue , then to be troubled with him .

Bonum extra fumum & vndam esse .

It is good sléeping in a whole skinne .

Vltra peram sapit .

Poore and proud , fie , fie .

Tibicinis vitam viuis .

You fare well on other mens purses .

Aries cornibus lasciuiens .

He is better fed then taught .

Caprarius in aestu .

Little he can doe , and it is out of season .

Complura masculi canis cubilia .

Seldome will a Whoremaster hold himselfe with an honest Wife .

Rosam quae preterijt ne queris iterum .

Gréeue neuer your selfe , for that cannot be● amended .

Quid de pusillis magna prooemia .

You make much adoe for nothing .

Cum Leones sint domi , ijdem in arte sunt vulpeculi .

When you agrée with your enemie , put two barres vpon the doore .

Furor post omnia perdere naulum .

Better halfe an Egge then empty shell .

Figulus figulo inuide● .

One begger is woe , another by the way should goe .

Vnicum arbustum haud alit duos Erithacos .

One beggar is enough at one doore .

Candidae musarum Ianuae .

A good Scholler is euer liberall .

Optat ephippia bos , piger , optat arare caballus .

There is no man content with his owne estate .

Frenum mordet .

He would faine be out of his Prentiship .

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 liue according to the lawes .

Aequalitas haud parit bellum .

Good neighbours will not be hard .

Quae non posuisti ne tollas .

Liue on your owne .

Dat veniam coruis vexat censura columbas .

They leape ouer where the dike is lowest .

Non suadebis ne si persuaseris quidem .

I cannot beleeue it though I saw it my selfe .

Quod seruos habemus , totidem habemus hostes .

He cannot loue me that is afraid of me .

Lidus ostium claudat .

He that commeth last make the doore fast .

CENTVRIA . III.

QVid distant aera lupinis .

There is no comparison .

Valeat amicus cum inimico .

For my part burne the kill boldly .

In occipitio oculos gerit .

He hath one eye in his necke .

Homini diligenti semper aliquid super est .

A wise man cannot be idle .

Arator nisi incurnus preuaricatur .

He that goeth not skilfully to his worke can not speed .

Grues lapidem delgutientes .

They know whose arrand they go● .

Post folia cadunt arbores .

If I suffer this I shall haue worse .

De pilo pendet .

His life is on his lip .

Inter sacrum & saxum .

Betwixt sinke and si●e .

A fronte praecipitium , a tergo lupi .

Betwixt the Deuill and the dead sea .

Flamma fumo est proxima .

After words commeth blowes .

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 .

Saue a thiefe from the Gallowes and he will cut thy throte .

Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator .

The begger may sing before the thiefe .

Tanquam argiuum clypium abstulerit gloriatur .

The greatest talkers are the least doers .

Celsae grauiore casu , decidunt turres .

The highest trée hath the greatest fall .

Oscitante vno deinde oscitat & alter .

The young Cocke crow●th after the old .

Qui nimium properat serius absoluit .

The more hast the lesse spéede .

Magis sibi placet quam Peleus in machera .

The Parish Priest forgetteth that euer hee hath béene Clerke .

Lapis obuolutus non obducitur musco .

The rowling ston● neuer gathereth Mosse .

Omnem facultatem indutus est .

We can haue no more of the Foxe , but his skinne .

Nunc tuum ferrum in igni est .

When the Iron is hot strike .

Accipe quam primum breuis est occasio lucri .

When the pig is proffered hold vp the poke .

Dum genua virent .

When the sunne shineth make hay .

Tunc tua res agitur paries dum proximus ardet .

When thy neighbours house doth burne , be● carefull of thine owne .

Ni purgas & molas non comedes .

Win Gold and weare Gold .

Sero sapiunt phryges .

Wit is neuer good till it be bought .

Tacitus pasci si posset coruus haberet plus dapis .

You cannot fare well , but you must cry Rosemeate .

Festina lente .

Soft fire maketh swéete Malt.

Caput artis est docere quod facias .

I pray you doe as you say .

In aere piscatur .

He may gape long ere a Bird fall into his mouth .

Piscem natare doces .

Nature passeth nourture .

Eliphantem ex musca facis .

He stumbles at a straw , and leapes ouer a blocke .

Exacta via viaticum querit .

The older the worser .

Leonis exunium super crocatum .

A faire hood on a false head .

Vino vendibili non opus est suspensa haeder● .

Good Wine néedeth no bush .

Totus aechynus asper .

There commeth neuer a merry looke from him .

Minutula pluuia imbrem facit .

Many smals makes a great .

Multis ictibus deijcitur quercus .

Hair● and haire will make the ●arle bald .

Ceram au●ibus addis .

He that will not bee counselled , cannot be helped .

Contingit & malis venatio .

Fortune sometimes fauours fooles .

Tranquillo quilibet guberna●or est .

Misery shaueth the man .

Oculus dexter mihi salit .

I shall haue my hearts desire .

Si libeat , seruare procul quoque numina possunt .

H●p and halfe-penny are goods enough .

Noctua volat .

G●ace is good for the man .

Recte valere & sapere duo vitae bona .

A man hath no more then he hath good of .

Neque caecum ducem neque amentem consultorem adhibeas .

When you goe to dance take héede whom you take by the hand .

Non est remedium aduersus Sycophantis morsus .

You cannot stay euill hung tongues

●●ustra Herculi calumniam instruis .

Do well , and let men say .

Propria vineta caedis .

You spit vpon your owne sléeue .

Extra publicam viam ne deflectes .

The high way is the best way .

Mul●ae manus , onus leuius reddunt .

Many hands make light worke .

Sub aliena arbore fructum coliigit .

He neu●r sweat for that he hath .

In magnis voluisse sat est .

He that doth as he can néeds no reproofe .

Cauda de vulpe testatur .

You may know the man by his manners ,

E cantu dignoscitur auis .

You may know the horse by his harnesse .

Aquila non captat muscas .

He will not looke so low .

Asinus compluitur .

He stirreth no more then beaten Stockfish .

Ne allij quidem caput dedit .

He had rather part with his life before he wil giue a penny .

Indus Elephantus non curat culicem .

He neither doth m● good nor euill .

E flamma cibum petit .

He careth not how hee hath it so hee may get it .

Non estoleum in lechito .

You seeke grace at a gracelesse 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 parauit aut , callidum prandium comoedere .

A hasty man neuer wants woe .

Ego spem preti● non emam .

I will not buy a pigge in a poke .

A micitias immortales esse oportet .

Kindnesse will créepe where it cannot goe .

Simile gaudet simili .

Like vnto like .

Ad mensuram aquam bibunt , citra mensuram offam comedunt .

A Prodigall must want .

Aliorum medicus , ipse hulceribus scates .

Loue beginneth at it selfe .

Dasipus carnes desiderat .

He will neuer be contented

Facta iuuenum , consilia meliorum , vota senum .

Choose the man in that he hath best skill of .

Non omnis fert omnia tellus .

Euery man hath his owne guift .

Marinam auditionem fluuiali abluit sermone .

He putteth a faire face vpon an euill fauoured tale .

Ego de allijs loquor t● respondes de cepis .

I speake of wheate , and you of Horse-corne .

Stimula equum iuxta lineam .

Speake to the purpose .

Me mortuo terra misceatur incendio .

When I dye , the world dyeth with me .

Mihi istic nec serit●●●ec metitur .

I haue not to doe with it .

Non luctu sed remedio opus in malis .

Sorrow neuer helped man .

Boni viri lachrimabiles .

Little knoweth the fat Sow what the leane doth meane .

Batte tune pedibus nudis perrepere montem ,

Quippe rubis tribulisque viret mons vndique densis .

Looke before you leape .

Vi●e tibi quantumque potes prelustria vitae .

Tempore prelustri fulmen ab arce venit .

Looke not to hye , lest a chip fall in your eye .

Qui nimium emungit fortiter elicet sanguinem .

Better to bow then breake .

Duos insequens lepores neutrum capi● .

Betwéene two stooles the taile goeth to the ground .

Obijcere canibus agnos .

Beware the Géese when the Foxe preaches .

Pares cum paribus facillime congregantur .

Birds of a feather will flocke together .

Custode & cura natura potentior omni .

Blaeke will take no other hew .

Camelus desiderans cornnua etiam aures perdidit .

All couet , all lose .

Aequalitas non parit be●●um .

Euen reckoning maketh long friends .

Policrates matrem pascit .

Faire words makes fooles fain● .

Acinos sus improba pendes .

F●ost and fraud haue alwayes foule ends .

Mihi ipsi Balneum ministrabo .

Giue an inch , you would haue an ell .

Quod alibi diminutum exaequatur alibi .

God sendeth cold after cloathes .

Est fortunatior quam prudentior & contingit & malis venatio .

God sendeth fortune to fooles .

Canes timidi vehementius latrant .

Great Barkers are no byters .

Bonum e terra spectare naufragium .

Halfe warned halfe armed

Obedientia faelicitatis mater .

Happy man , happy dole .

Quid nisi victis dolor .

He laughs that winneth .

Ludere qui nescit campe stribus abstinet armis ▪

He that playes more then hee sees forfei●s his eyes to the king .

CENTVRIA . IIII.

NOn statim cum initio apparet finis·

Hote loue is soone cold .

Vtere curru , de asinis nihil laboramus .

He that reckons without his host must reckon twise .

Lignum tortum haud vnquam rectum .

How can the fole amble when the mare trots .

Non inter pellendus latran● venter .

Hungry dogs will eat durty puddings .

Quisquis amatranam , ranam credit esse Dianrm .

In loue is no lacke .

Malis ter mala .

Ill gotten ill spent .

Multa caduntinter calicem supremaque labra .

In space commeth grace .

Cum Deo quisque aut gaudet aut flet .

It chanceth in an houre which hapneth not in seuen yeare .

Asini caput ne laues nitro .

It is a bad cloath that will tak● no colour .

Qui sibi nequam cui bonus .

It is a bad bird that fileth his owne nest .

Cupidinum crumena porri folio vincta est .

It is hard to win and thriue both in a yeare .

Bos lassus fortius figit pedem , vel , habet & musea splenem .

An old dogge byteth sore .

Stultus qui patre caeso liberis pepercit , vel , mortui non mordent .

Better to goe by the enemies graue then his doore .

Qui tacitus procedit , via huius ego fuero Dux ▪

Euery man for himselfe , and God for vs all .

Syrus cum sis ne syrissa .

Iack would be a Gentleman , if he could speak French .

Estate penulam detrahis .

You thinke you will neuer be old .

Odi puerulos precoci sapientia .

Soone ripe , soone rotten .

Festina lente .

At leasure , as Flax groweth .

Legatus non caeditur neque violatur .

It is not mine errand I goe .

Attica fides .

As true as stéele .

Rhadamanteum iudicium .

Extreamity of the Law .

Ignis , mare , mulier , tria mala .

A wicked woman and an euill , is thrée halfepence worse then the deuill .

Mulier pudica ne sola sit vsquam .

It is euill to put powder and flaxe together .

Nunc pluit & claro nunc Iupiter aethere su●git .

It will not be ill alwaies .

Vbi non sis qui fueris non est cur velis viuere .

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 againe .

Quod aliter condiunt coqui aliter condiam .

I will make vp-side downe .

Dextera precipue capit indulgentia mentes .

Asperitas odium saeua que bella mouet .

By wisedome peace , by peace plenty , by plenty warre .

Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit .

It is a good hors● that neuer stumbleth .

Facilis descensus auerni .

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 striuing against a streame .

Malum pro perca scorpium vel , si vinum postulet pugnos illi dato .

It is better comming 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 uenienti 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 knaues méete .

Nihil inanius quam multa scire .

It is not good to haue an Oare in euery 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 .

Iucundissima nauigatio iuxta terram , ambulatio iuxta mare .

Light gaines makes a heauy purse .

Omni pede eundem calceum inducit .

He healeth all sores with one salue .

In alieno choro pedem ponis .

Meddle with your owne businesse .

Facile cum valemus recta consilia egrotis damu● ▪

We haue better counsell to giue then to take ▪

Quarta luna natus .

He was borne to great misery .

De a●ieno ludis corio .

You cut large thongs of other mens leather .

Ama tanquam osurus , odi tanquam amaturus .

Mediocrity is best in all things .

Amici mores noueris non oderis .

Fall not out with thy friend for a trifle .

Salem & mensam ne preterias .

Forsake not thy old friend .

Par odio importuna beneuolentia .

There is time for all things .

Felicium multi cognati .

The fortunate hath many friends .

Ne Iupiter quidem omnibus placet .

I cannot follow all mens humours .

Coelum territat armis .

He beleeues he would beate the Deuill .

Tradebat notus hunc Boreae quandoque vehendum .

Nunc rursum Zephyro tractandum tradidit eurus .

Striue not against the streame .

Mala senium accelerant .

Sorrow and an euill life , maketh soone an old Wife .

Expectat bos olim herbam , vel , expectat anus meum filium te suaniaturum .

While the grasse groweth the horse starueth .

Si vulter e● expecta cadauer .

He liueth vpon other mens death● .

Haud vnquam arcet ostium .

He kéepeth a good house .

Semper aliquis in Cydonis domo .

He neuer wanteth good chéere .

Fores habent tritas vt pastorum casae .

His gate is as open as the Church style .

Neque compluitur , neque sole aduritur .

He is his Mothers child .

Neque nat●re , neque literas .

He neither knoweth Goose nor stye .

Barbarus ex triuio .

He is a very sot .

Claudi more tenere pilam ▪

Be it good or be it bad , he will maintaine it .

Equi senecta .

When he can doe 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 Gun-powder of her .

Ab asino delapsus .

He hath lost that he will neuer finde .

Nullam hodie lineam d●xi .

I haue spent this day idely .

Neglectis vrenda fi●ix innascitur agris .

H● that will not worke , will want ,

Ignauis semper feriae sunt .

The idle haue many holy dayes .

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 thankes .

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 euill serued .

Multa cadunt , inter calicem supremaque labra .

Chance is perilous .

Nescis quid serus vesper vehat .

No man knoweth his destiny .

Si crebro Iaceas , aliud , alias Ieceris .

Giue not ouer though thy lucke be bad .

Frigidam aquam suffundit .

I can doe no more then I may .

Lach●yma nihil citius arescit .

Sorrow is soone forgot .

Prot●o mutabilior .

He is as fickle as the Weather-cocke .

Euripus homo .

As light as the Qué●nes groat .

Duabus sedere cellis .

Betwixt two stooles the taile goeth downe .

Duos parietes dealbare eadem fidelia .

He maketh two sons in law of one daughter .

Thraces faedera nesciunt .

Neither word nor war can bind him .

Altera manu fert lapidem , altera panem ostentat .

He is as false as the Deuill .

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 euer frowning .

CENTVRIA . V.

A Nimus habitat in auribus

I answere you according to your asking .

Hermodij catilena .

To sing mournfully .

Admeri nenia .

A dolefull song .

Arctum annulum ne gestato .

Do not that suddenly may cause your sorrow .

Titanicus aspectus .

He looketh as he would looke through me .

Caepam edit .

He laugheth , and the teare is in his eye .

Ne sis panis mihi .

I will vse no more of your counsell then pleaseth me .

Frontem exporrigere .

To looke blythe vpon it .

Magis gaudet eo qui senectam exuit .

He is as glad as i● he had found a tresure .

Manum habet sub pallio .

He is not content with himselfe .

Helenae cibi .

A costly banquet .

Attica bellaria .

Great delicates .

Optimum condimen●um fames .

Hunger is the best sauce .

Dubia caena .

Swéet meat must haue sowre sauce .

Accipit & glebam ferro .

He will take any thing before he loseth all .

Bis dat , qui cito dat .

I had rather haue it now , then twise as much another time .

Promus magis quam condus .

He neuer laboured the thing that he spendeth .

●ona porcenae .

●t is cheaper sold , then euer it was bought .

De plaustro loqui .

He is not ashamed who heares him scoulding .

Veritas odium parit .

All the truth would not be told .

Et dicebaris erasque .

It is true that men speake of you .

Simplex veritatis oratio .

Truth seeketh not by wayes .

Quod in corde sobrij id est in lingua ebrij .

A full man cannot lye .

In vino veritas .

When the drinke is in , the wit is out .

Lingua lapsa verum dicet .

Against his will he doth say truth .

Ficus ficus , ligonem ligonem vocat .

He tels plainely how the matter was .

Liberi poetae , & pictores .

Poets and Painters haue leaue to lye .

Superbat tan quam argiuum clypeum detra●●rit .

He swaggers as if the whole town were 〈◊〉 owne .

Auro loquente nihil pollit quaeuis oratio .

The world is come now to , what will 〈◊〉 giue me .

Si caseum haberem non desiderarem abso●●

He is a very Miser .

Salem lingit .

He is not worth the wooll of a dogge .

Coruum delusit hiantem .

His obligation is not better then his word .

●olus ereptus ex faucibus .

〈◊〉 thought neuer to haue séene 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 .

●hunning the smoake , 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 nouum annum Diues .

〈◊〉 hope to be an honest man yet .

●ucleum amisi reliqui pignori putamina .

〈◊〉 beleeued to haue 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 goe home with your finger on your chéeke .

Iupiter haud quicquid animo corceperit illud perficit exemplo .

No man can haue all his wishes .

Saepe etiam est olitor valde opportuna locutus .

A foole 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 then we are now .

Arabicus tibicen .

They may ●eare 〈◊〉 where they cannot sée him .

Dodonaeum aes .

He can neuer hold his lippes together .

Non est eius●em & multa , & oportuna dicere .

Where much is spoken , pa●t is spoiled .

Os infrene .

An euill hung tongue .

Sicoruus poscit tacitus pasci .

He that sheweth his goods longeth to be robd

Citra vinum temulentia .

He is ouercome with vices .

Ad vinum desectus .

He can well speake at the Table head .

FINIS .