Part ii
. Chap. xi._
FOOTNOTES:
[8-7] The _Proverbes_ of John Heywood is the earliest collection of English colloquial sayings. It was first printed in 1546. The title of the edition of 1562 is, _John Heywoodes Woorkes. A Dialogue conteyning the number of the effectuall proverbes in the English tounge, compact in a matter concernynge two maner of Maryages_, etc. The selection here given is from the edition of 1874 (a reprint of 1598), edited by Julian Sharman.
[9-1] Let the world slide.--_Towneley Mysteries, p. 101_ (1420). SHAKESPEARE: _Taming of the Shrew, induc. 1._ BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: _Wit without Money, act v. sc. 2._
[9-2] A common exclamation of regret occurring in Spenser, Harrington, and the older writers. An earlier instance of the phrase occurs in the _Towneley Mysteries_.
[9-3] 'T is good to be merry and wise.--JONSON, CHAPMAN, MARSTON: _Eastward Ho, act i. sc. 1._ BURNS: _Here 's a health to them that 's awa'._
[9-4] don fust C'on kint souvent est-on batu. (By his own stick the prudent one is often beaten.)
_Roman du Renart, circa 1300._
[9-5] Look ere thou leap.--In _Tottel's Miscellany, 1557_; and in Tusser's _Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry. Of Wiving and Thriving. 1573._
Thou shouldst have looked before thou hadst leapt.--JONSON, CHAPMAN, MARSTON: _Eastward Ho, act v. sc. 1._
Look before you ere you leap.--BUTLER: _Hudibras, pt. ii. c. ii. l. 502._
[9-6] He that will not when he may, When he will he shall have nay.
BURTON: _Anatomy of Melancholy, pt. iii. sec. 2, mem. 5, subs. 5._
He that wold not when he might, He shall not when he wolda.
_The Baffled Knight._ PERCY: _Reliques_.
[9-7] All the fatt 's in the fire.--MARSTON: _What You Will. 1607._
[10-1] You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.--PUBLIUS SYRUS: _Maxim 262._
Strike whilst the iron is hot.--RABELAIS: _book ii. chap. xxxi._ WEBSTER: _Westward Hoe._ _Tom A'Lincolne._ FARQUHAR: _The Beaux' Stratagem, iv. 1._
[10-2] Hoist up saile while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure.
ROBERT SOUTHWELL: _St. Peter's Complaint. 1595._
Nae man can tether time or tide.--BURNS: _Tam O' Shanter._
[10-3] Fast bind, fast find; A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
SHAKESPEARE: _Merchant of Venice, act ii. sc. 5._
Also in _Jests of Scogin. 1565._
[10-4] It is this proverb which Henry V. is reported to have uttered at the siege of Orleans. "Shall I beat the bush and another take the bird?" said King Henry.
[10-5] Entre deux arcouns chet cul à terre (Between two stools one sits on the ground).--_Les Proverbes del Vilain, MS. Bodleian. Circa 1303._
S'asseoir entre deux selles le cul à terre (One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools).--RABELAIS: _book i. chap. ii._
[10-6] As many men, so many minds.--TERENCE: _Phormio, ii. 3._
As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.--QUEEN ELIZABETH: _Godly Meditacyon of the Christian Sowle. 1548._
So many men so many mindes.--GASCOIGNE: _Glass of Government._
[10-7] Hanging and wiving go by destiny.--_The Schole-hous for Women. 1541._ SHAKESPEARE: _Merchant of Venice, act 2. sc. 9._
Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.--BURTON: _Anatomy of Melancholy, part iii . sec. 2, mem. 5, subs. 5._
[11-1] Happy man be his dole--SHAKESPEARE: _Merry Wives, act iii. sc. 4_; _Winter's Tale, act i. sc. 2_. BUTLER: _Hudibras,