part ii

. chap. v._

Wode has erys, felde has sigt.--_King Edward and the Shepard, MS. Circa 1300._

Walls have ears.--HAZLITT: _English Proverbs, etc._ (_ed. 1869_) _p. 446._

[3-1] Also in _Troilus and Cresseide, line 1587._

To make a virtue of necessity.--SHAKESPEARE: _Two Gentlemen of Verona, act iv. sc. 2._ MATTHEW HENRY: _Comm. on Ps. xxxvii._ DRYDEN: _Palamon and Arcite._

In the additions of Hadrianus Julius to the _Adages_ of Erasmus, he remarks, under the head of _Necessitatem edere_, that a very familiar proverb was current among his countrymen,--"Necessitatem in virtutem commutare" (To make necessity a virtue).

Laudem virtutis necessitati damus (We give to necessity the praise of virtue).--QUINTILIAN: _Inst. Orat. i. 8. 14._

[3-2] Haste makes waste.--HEYWOOD: _Proverbs,