The
Second
PART
,
OF
Crossing
of
Prouerbs
Prouerbs
.
EVery
Trades-man
knowes
his
owne
ware
.
Cros.
Not
if
his
Female
deceiue
him
.
P.
More
hast
the
worse
speed
.
C.
Not
in
the
hast
,
but
lacke
of
heede
.
P.
Hee
that
hath
his
eyes
in
his
head
wil
looke
about
him
.
C.
Not
so
,
he
may
be
blindfolded
and
then
he
cannot
.
P.
Wanton
kisses
are
the
keyes
of
finne
.
C.
Not
except
the
diuell
keep
the
lockes
.
P.
Warre
is
the
greatest
dispoyling
of
a
Kingdome
.
C.
Not
so
,
a
Plague
if
it
continue
,
may
be
greater
.
P.
Giue
,
gaue
is
a
good
fellow
.
C.
Not
so
,
hee
is
a
Churle
that
hath
no
charity
.
P.
Loue
is
the
peace
of
the
Senses
.
C.
Not
where
it
is
ioined
with
Ielousie
.
P.
Witty
women
are
sweet
Companions
.
Cros.
Not
,
but
when
they
are
pleased
,
or
else
they
are
froward
.
Prou.
Crabbed
minds
are
pleased
with
nothing
.
C.
Not
so
,
for
nothing
can
giue
no
pleasure
.
Pro.
Kind
hearts
are
soonest
wrong'd
.
C.
Not
if
they
be
carefull
.
P.
There
is
no
tree
but
beareth
fruit
.
Cros.
Yes
,
the
Sic
amour
.
Pro.
High
waies
are
lawfull
for
Trauaylers
.
C.
Not
if
they
meet
with
theeues
.
P.
The
greatest
sort
of
fish
keep
the
bottome
.
C.
Not
so
,
for
small
Eeles
keepe
in
the
mudde
.
P.
Too
much
of
any
thing
is
good
for
nothing
.
C.
Not
so
,
what
is
good
,
is
good
for
somthing
.
P.
Wishers
and
woulders
,
are
neuer
good
house-holders
.
C.
Not
so
,
a
man
may
both
wish
wel
and
doe
well
.
P.
Taking
of
bribes
is
priuate
theeuery
.
C.
Not
so
,
for
then
there
would
be
many
hangd
.
P.
The
teares
of
age
are
lamentable
.
C.
Not
if
they
drop
from
sore
eyes
.
P.
A
merry
Companion
is
a
Wagon
in
the
way
.
C.
Not
so
for
if
your
iourney
be
long
you
may
be
weary
for
want
of
carriage
.
P.
Hee
is
a
fond
fisher
that
angles
for
a
frogge
.
Cros.
Not
so
,
for
hee
may
be
a
baite
for
a
better
fish
.
P.
When
theeues
fall
out
,
true
men
come
by
their
goods
.
C.
Not
so
,
Theeues
may
be
hang'd
,
and
true
men
ne're
the
better
.
P.
All
offices
are
places
of
esteeme
.
C.
Not
so
,
not
the
Hang-mans
.
P.
There
is
nothing
so
sure
as
death
.
C.
Yes
,
life
to
the
Faithfull
.
P.
Newes
are
like
fish
.
C.
Not
so
,
for
then
they
would
stinke
when
they
are
stale
.
P.
The
Mistris
Eye
makes
the
Capon
fatt
.
C.
Not
so
,
it
is
the
good
cramming
of
them
.
P.
Marriage
is
honourable
.
C.
Not
when
it
is
dishonoured
.
Pro.
Children
are
the
comfort
of
their
Parents
.
C.
Not
if
they
proue
vngratious
.
P.
No
trust
to
a
drie
sticke
.
C.
Yes
,
that
it
will
burne
well
.
P.
A
light
supper
makes
cleane
sheets
.
C.
Not
so
,
he
that
is
loose
in
the
hiltes
,
may
make
worke
for
the
Launderesse
.
P.
Hasty
spirits
neuer
want
woe
.
C.
Yes
,
when
they
are
pleased
.
P.
As
the
life
is
,
so
is
the
death
.
C.
Not
so
,
for
she
that
liued
a
Whore
,
may
dye
a
Bawde
.
P.
Neate
apparell
graceth
a
man
.
C.
Not
so
,
a
neate
man
graceth
his
apparell
.
P.
Kindnesse
deserues
loue
.
C.
Not
if
it
be
common
.
P.
Poore
vertue
liues
as
dead
.
C.
Not
in
ihe
eye
of
honour
.
P.
Couetuousnes
corrupteth
wealth
.
C.
No
,
a
noble
minde
is
euer
it selfe
.
P.
A
faire
woman
is
the
trouble
of
wisdome
.
C.
Not
so
,
shee
is
the
treasure
of
a
true
wit
.
P.
Hasty
climbers
haue
sodaine
falls
.
C.
Not
if
they
sit
fast
.
P.
When
the
belly
is
full
,
the
bones
would
be
at
rest
.
Cros.
No
,
it
is
the
spirit
,
not
the
bones
:
for
they
haue
no
power
of
desire
.
P.
Try
,
and
then
trust
.
C.
Not
so
,
for
he
that
is
kind
to
day
,
may
be
crosse
to
morrow
.
P.
Whensoeuer
you
see
your
friend
,
trust
to
your selfe
.
C.
Not
so
,
when
you
cannot
helpe
your selfe
without
your
friend
.
P.
There
is
none
so
faithlesse
as
an
Hereticke
.
C.
Yes
,
an
Hypocrite
.
P.
He
is
a
fond
Chap-man
that
comes
after
the
fayre
.
C.
Not
so
,
he
may
hap
to
buy
better
cheap
in
the
market
.
P.
There
is
a
time
allowed
for
all
things
.
C.
No
,
not
to
doe
euill
.
P.
Honour
is
the
reward
of
vertue
.
C.
No
,
but
where
it
is
rightly
giuen
.
P.
Sweet
meate
must
haue
sowere
sauce
.
C.
Not
so
,
a
good
stomake
needs
it
not
.
P.
When
Sunday
comes
,
it
will
be
holy-day
.
C.
Not
with
Carriers
,
for
they
trauell
all
the
weeke
.
P.
A
Coward
is
fearefull
,
without
hyre
.
C.
Not
so
,
for
feare
it selfe
is
full
of
hurt
.
P.
Pouerty
is
the
purgatory
of
reason
.
C.
Not
so
,
it
is
the
tryall
of
patience
.
P.
He
is
wise
that
is
rich
.
C.
No
,
he
is
rich
that
is
wise
.
P.
No
misery
to
imprisonment
.
C.
Yes
,
an
vnquiet
wife
.
P.
No
comfort
to
liberty
.
Cros.
Yes
,
a
louing
wife
.
P.
The
night
is
the
time
of
rest
for
all
creatures
.
C.
Not
for
Gamesters
,
that
play
night
and
day
.
P.
Learning
is
the
labour
of
the
braine
.
C.
Not
so
,
it
is
rather
of
the
Spirit
.
P.
Nothing
so
necessary
for
Trauallers
as
Languages
.
C.
Yes
,
Money
.
FINIS
.
Certaine
briefe
Questions
and
Answeres
.
Question
.
WHat
is
the
best
kinde
of
gouernment
?
Answere
.
Peace
.
Q.
What
is
most
dangerous
in
a
Kingdome
?
A.
Ciuill
Warre
.
Q.
What
is
most
troublesome
in
a
Common-wealth
?
A.
Sectes
.
Q.
What
quarrell
breeds
the
best
war
?
A.
Religion
.
Q.
What
most
displeaseth
God
?
A.
Idolatry
.
Q.
Which
is
the
best
trauell
,
that
euer
was
?
A.
Towards
heauen
.
Q.
Who
was
the
best
king
that
euer
was
?
A.
Dauid
,
for
he
was
chosen
to
Gods
owne
heart
.
Q
Who
was
the
greatest
Conqueror
that
euer
was
?
A.
Christ
Iesus
,
for
he
conquered
sinne
,
death
and
hell
.
Q.
Who
was
the
greatest
foole
that
euer
was
?
A.
Adam
when
he
had
lost
Paradise
for
an
Apple
.
Q.
Who
had
the
greatest
fall
that
euer
was
?
A.
Lucifer
,
when
hee
fell
from
heauen
to
hell
.
Q.
Who
was
the
best
wrestler
that
euer
was
?
A.
Iacob
,
when
he
wrestled
with
the
Angell
.
Q.
Who
was
the
wisest
Queene
that
euer
was
?
A.
The
Queene
of
Sheba
,
that
came
to
Salomon
for
wisdome
.
Q.
Who
was
the
foolishest
King
that
euer
was
?
A.
Pharaoh
,
when
he
opposed
himselfe
against
God
.
Q.
Who
was
the
arrantest
Traytor
that
euer
was
?
A.
Iudas
,
when
hee
betrayed
his
Master
Christ
Iesus
.
Q.
What
is
the
best
learning
in
the
world
?
A.
Truth
.
Q.
What
is
the
greatest
wealth
in
the
world
?
A.
Content
.
Q.
What
is
the
greatest
ioy
in
the
world
?
A.
A
cleere
Conscience
.
Q.
What
is
the
greatest
Vertue
in
the
world
?
A.
Patience
.
Q.
What
is
the
greatest
blessing
to
Nature
?
A.
Health
.
Q.
What
is
the
most
griefe
in
the
world
?
A.
Want
.
Q.
Which
was
the
stoutest
woman
that
euer
was
?
A.
Iudith
,
when
shee
cut
off
Holofernes
head
.
Q.
Which
was
the
first
mad-man
that
we
reade
of
?
A.
Saul
,
when
he
killed
himselfe
.
Q.
Who
was
the
most
vnnaturall
that
euer
was
?
A.
Caine
,
when
he
slew
his
brother
Abel
.
Q.
When
was
Noah
layd
naked
?
A.
When
he
was
drunke
.
Q.
When
did
Lot
commit
incest
?
A.
When
he
was
drunke
.
Q.
When
was
Sampson
ouerthrowne
?
A.
When
he
was
a
sleepe
.
Q.
When
was
Salomon
led
to
Idolatry
?
A.
When
he
followed
strange
women
.
Q.
When
began
the
curse
on
the
Iewes
?
A.
When
they
fell
to
Idolatry
.
Q.
What
state
is
the
most
quiet
?
A.
The
meane
.
Q.
What
actions
are
most
honorable
?
A.
That
are
honest
.
Q.
What
study
is
most
profitable
?
A.
The
Law
.
Q.
What
Musique
is
sweet
?
A.
The
voyce
.
Q.
Where
is
the
best
beeing
in
the
world
,
A.
where
a
man
likes
best
.
Q.
What
is
the
hinderance
of
content
,
A.
Variety
.
Q.
What
is
the
substance
of
all
earthly
,
creatues
?
A.
Vanity
.
Q.
What
is
the
comfort
of
a
blind
man
?
A.
That
he
shall
see
no
vanities
.
Q.
What
comforteth
a
deafe
man
?
A.
That
he
shall
heare
no
villanies
.
Q.
And
what
comforteth
a
lame
man
?
A.
That
he
shall
not
be
sent
of
hastye
arands
.
Q.
And
what
of
a
dumbe
man
?
A.
That
he
shall
not
be
called
to
Question
for
his
tongue
.
Q.
What
is
the
comfort
of
Age
?
A.
That
hee
hath
past
the
perils
of
his
youth
.
Q.
What
should
be
the
care
of
youth
?
A.
To
giue
honour
to
his
age
.
Q.
Why
doe
women
weepe
more
then
men
?
A.
Because
they
cannot
haue
their
wils
to
gouerne
.
Q.
What
is
the
easiest
life
in
the
world
?
A.
A
Parasites
,
to
feede
vpon
euery
mans
trencher
.
Q.
What
life
is
the
most
laboursome
?
A.
Study
,
for
it
spends
the
spirit
,
and
weakens
the
body
.
Q.
Who
is
the
best
companion
in
the
world
?
A.
A
Library
,
where
a
man
talkes
without
offence
.
Q.
And
where
is
the
worst
company
?
A.
In
a
Gaole
,
where
there
are
few
gracious
.
Q.
What
is
the
best
Art
in
the
World
?
A.
To
gather
wealth
without
wickednesse
.
Q.
And
which
is
the
worst
Art
that
euer
was
?
A.
The
blacke
Art
,
for
it
brings
the
Student
to
Hell
.
Q.
How
doth
ease
breed
the
Gout
?
A.
By
lack
of
motion
of
the
members
.
Q.
What
is
the
best
meat
in
the
world
?
A.
That
which
agreeth
best
with
the
stomack
.
Q.
And
what
the
best
drinke
?
A.
That
that
breedes
the
best
blood
.
Q.
And
what
is
the
best
excercise
?
A.
The
moderate
.
Q.
What
ware
is
cheapest
?
A.
That
which
is
had
for
thankes
.
Q.
What
country
is
most
fruitfull
?
A.
Where
there
is
best
ground
.
Q.
When
is
it
best
to
take
Phisicke
?
A.
In
time
of
sicknes
.
Q.
When
is
it
best
to
make
meales
?
A.
When
the
stomacke
is
empty
.
Q.
What
sauce
is
the
best
?
A.
Hunger
.
Q.
What
flesh
is
best
?
A.
That
which
is
sweet
.
Q.
What
fish
is
the
best
?
A.
That
which
is
new
taken
.
Q.
Which
is
the
best
lesson
to
thriue
?
A.
To
haue
much
,
to
spend
little
,
and
to
giue
nothing
.
Q.
What
is
a
Plaister
for
all
paines
?
A.
Patience
.
Q.
And
what
is
a
remedy
for
all
diseases
?
A.
Death
.
Q.
What
is
a
misers
Musicke
?
A.
Chinking
of
money
.
Q.
What
is
the
honour
of
a
man
?
A.
to
be
his
words
maister
.
Q.
What
is
the
true
signe
of
a
foole
:
A.
To
be
euer
laughing
.
Q.
What
is
good
for
the
tooth-ache
:
A.
Pull
it
out
.
Q.
What
is
good
for
the
heart-ache
:
A.
Patience
.
Q.
What
is
good
for
the
itch
:
A.
Scratching
.
Q.
Which
is
the
worst
worme
in
the
world
:
A.
The
worme
of
conscience
.
Q.
What
is
most
necessary
in
a
common
wealth
?
A.
Money
.
Q.
What
most
vnnecessary
?
A.
Cardes
P.
Fortune
fauours
fooles
.
C.
Not
so
,
there
are
fooles
enow
,
but
there
is
no
fortune
.
P.
Woemen
are
like
Waspes
in
their
anger
.
C.
Not
so
,
for
Waspes
leaue
their
stings
,
but
Women
neuer
leaue
their
tonges
behind
them
.
P.
Virgins
are
Angel-like
Creatures
.
C.
Not
so
,
for
then
they
would
not
bee
so
proud
of
their
beauty
.
P.
Musicke
is
comfortable
to
the
care
.
C.
Not
when
the
braine
is
full
of
businesse
.
P.
A
good
Huswife
is
a
Iewell
.
C.
Not
if
she
be
a
scold
.
P.
Good
wine
makes
a
merry
heart
,
C.
Not
when
the
Conscience
is
wounded
.
P.
The
neerer
the
Church
,
the
further
from
God
.
C.
Not
with
the
Religious
.
P.
Good
wine
needs
no
bush
.
C.
Yes
,
for
trauellers
that
know
not
the
house
.
P.
Drunkennesse
is
counted
good
fellowship
.
C.
Not
,
but
among
bad
fellowes
.
P.
The
sunne
shines
through
all
the
world
,
C.
No
,
not
in
a
close
chest
.
P.
Euery
Bird
is
knowne
by
his
feather
.
C.
No
,
Good-man
Bird
hath
no
feathers
.
P.
,
Painted
creatures
are
dead
speakers
.
C.
Not
so
,
for
then
many
women
would
be
silent
.
P.
Wise
men
are
at
peace
with
all
the
world
,
C.
Not
with
some
women
,
for
they
will
neuer
be
quiet
.
P.
A
Bird
in
the
hand
is
worth
two
in
the
bush
.
C.
Not
if
they
be
fast
limed
.
P.
Money
is
a
great
master
in
a
Market
.
C.
Not
so
,
hee
is
a
slaue
to
a
Begger
.
P.
Money
is
a
continuall
Traueller
in
the
world
.
C.
Not
so
,
for
with
some
hee
is
close
prisoner
.
P.
Euery
child
knowes
his
owne
father
.
Cross.
Not
,
but
as
his
mother
tels
him
.
P.
There
is
no
paine
like
the
Gowt
.
C.
Yes
,
the
Tooth-ach
.
P.
Euery
man
knowes
what
is
best
for
himselfe
.
C.
No
not
Mad-men
.
P.
Vsurers
are
alwaies
good
Husbands
.
C.
Not
so
,
they
may
be
badde
to
their
wiues
.
P.
Good
ware
makes
quick
markets
.
C.
Not
so
,
t
is
the
money
makes
the
speed
.
P.
Of
idlenesse
comes
naught
but
ignorance
.
C.
Yes
,
Beggery
.
P.
Oppression
makes
the
wise
man
mad
.
C.
No
wise
men
will
be
are
oppressions
.
P.
There
is
nothing
stoln
without
hands
.
C.
Yes
,
a
good
name
with
an
ill
tongue
.
P.
Rich
men
are
Stewards
for
the
poore
.
C.
Not
so
,
when
the
poore
mens
pence
fill
their
purses
.
P.
Abuses
shew
the
corruption
of
time
.
C.
No
,
it
is
the
Timers
.
P.
A
Louse
is
a
Beggers
companion
.
C.
Not
when
hee
is
in
the
head
of
a
Lord
.
P.
Beauty
is
a
naturall
blessing
.
C.
Not
in
a
painted
woman
.
P.
Early
vp
and
ne're
the
neere
.
C.
Yes
,
he
may
haue
a
better
stomacke
to
his
dinner
.
P.
He
that
is
warn'd
is
halfe
arm'd
.
C.
Not
so
,
for
words
make
no
Armour
.
P.
A
shrew
profitable
,
is
good
for
a
man
reasonable
.
C
Not
so
,
the
profit
may
bee
good
,
but
the
Shrew
is
nought
.
P.
Two
may
keepe
counsaile
,
if
the
third
be
away
.
C.
Not
if
a
Woman
be
one
.
P.
Hee
that
is
wise
in
his
owne
conceite
,
is
a
foole
.
C.
Not
so
,
for
hee
that
is
wise
is
no
foole
.
Pro.
The
Euening
praiseth
the
day
.
Cros.
Not
so
,
t
is
he
that
notes
it
.
P.
Faire
words
pacifie
wrath
.
C.
Not
in
dogged
spirits
.
P.
Ambition
endangers
life
.
C.
Not
so
,
t
is
the
actions
that
followes
it
.
P.
A
winde
Instrument
giues
a
sweete
sound
.
C.
Not
in
the
ease
of
the
Chollick
downwards
.
P.
The
swelling
of
the
belly
signifies
the
dropsie
.
C.
Not
in
women
with
child
.
P.
A
Bagpipe
makes
more
noyse
then
Musicke
.
C.
Not
so
,
for
t
is
all
musicke
though
not
of
the
best
.
P.
There
is
no
foole
to
the
old
foole
.
C.
Yes
,
the
young
foole
is
a
foole
too
as
well
as
he
.
P.
Euery
Bird
hatcheth
her
owne
egges
.
C.
Not
so
:
the
sparrow
hatcheth
the
Cuckoes
.
P.
All
Creatures
are
drowsie
after
Venerie
.
C.
Not
so
,
the
Cocke
crowes
when
hee
hath
trod
his
hen
.
P.
Nothing
is
swifter
then
the
winde
.
C.
Yes
thought
,
that
is
at
heauen
in
an
instant
.
P.
Nothing
is
more
subtill
then
the
Aire
.
C.
Yes
,
the
Diuell
.
P.
He
that
handleth
thornes
will
pricke
his
fingers
.
C.
Not
if
his
Gloues
be
good
.
P.
There
is
nothing
brighter
then
the
Diamond
.
C.
Yes
,
the
Sunne
.
P.
Pouerty
parts
good
company
.
C.
Not
when
Rich
men
part
with
enuy
.
P.
Sicknes
soakes
the
purse
.
C.
No
,
t
is
the
patient
that
is
soak't
,
not
the
purse
.
P.
Hee
that
is
borne
to
be
drownd
,
shall
neuer
be
hang'd
.
C.
Yes
,
Pirats
drowne
hanging
at
Wapping
.
P.
Sicknes
is
the
cause
of
death
.
C.
Not
so
,
for
many
dye
that
are
not
sicke
.
P.
A
couetous
man
is
neuer
liberall
.
C.
Yes
,
when
hee
giues
all
away
at
his
death
.
P.
T
is
merry
when
Gossips
meet
.
C.
Not
if
they
fall
out
vpon
the
reckoning
.
P.
There
is
no
fire
without
smoake
.
C.
Yes
in
a
flint
.
P.
Pearles
are
restoratiue
.
C.
No
,
not
the
Pearle
in
the
eye
.
P.
Religion
is
the
rule
of
life
.
C.
Not
to
an
Athiest
.
P.
The
law
is
costly
.
C.
No
,
t
is
the
Lawyer
.
P.
A
short
horse
is
soone
curried
,
C.
Not
if
he
be
very
foule
.
P.
A
good
horse
that
neuer
stumbled
,
C.
No
,
there
is
no
such
Horse
.
P.
Hard
fare
makes
hungry
stomackes
.
C.
Not
among
sicke
folkes
.
P.
Many
handes
make
quicke
worke
.
C.
Not
among
the
Lazy
.
P.
A
young
Courtier
an
old
begger
.
C.
Not
if
he
be
thrifty
.
P.
A
good
horse
riddes
ground
apace
.
C.
Not
if
the
way
be
full
of
holes
.
P.
A
staffe
is
soone
found
to
beat
a
dogge
withall
.
C.
Not
in
a
Plaine
where
there
is
no
wood
.
P.
No
extreame
will
hold
long
.
C.
Yes
,
weakenesse
in
a
Consumption
.
P.
Euery
thing
is
as
it
is
taken
.
C.
Not
so
,
many
things
may
bee
taken
amisse
.
P.
A
foole
is
euer
laughing
.
C.
Not
when
hee
is
beaten
,
for
then
hee
cryes
.
P.
Scoldes
and
infants
neuer
lin
bawling
.
C.
Yes
when
they
are
asleepe
.
Pro.
Bounce
quoth
the
gun
.
Cros.
Not
so
,
Gunnes
cannot
speake
.
Pro.
Bate
me
an
ase
quoth
Bolton
.
Cros.
No
,
I
wil
not
bate
him
an
ase
:
wherfore
should
I
?
P.
Content
is
a
kingdome
in
this
world
.
C.
Not
so
▪
for
the
world
giues
it
not
.
P.
Mony
makes
friendes
enemies
.
Cros.
Not
so
,
it
is
the
euill
vse
of
it
.
P.
Neerer
is
my
skin
then
my
shitt
.
C.
Not
where
the
flesh
is
rawe
:
P.
Nothing
breakes
the
heart
more
then
thought
.
C.
Yes
a
bullet
.
P.
Loue
will
goe
through
stone
walls
.
C.
Not
til
there
be
holes
in
them
.
P.
One
rotten
sheepe
will
marre
a
whole
flocke
.
C.
Not
if
the
Shepheard
looke
well
to
them
.
Pro.
Ouer
shooes
,
ouer
bootes
.
C.
Not
except
wil
ouer
runne
wit
.
P.
Lawyers
are
temporall
Physicians
,
in
helping
weake
Clyents
C.
Not
if
their
Apothecaries
bils
bring
their
purses
into
a
consumption
.
FINIS
.