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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Always Boot Ready
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Cutt Steel Tongue
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Lying Reason Spurs
By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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Mean Measure Run Year
True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Beauty Borrowed Flame
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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Brest Side Squrres
Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Food Smell Taste
It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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Bed Dangerous Fire
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Fat House Keeper
A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Bird Feather Hand
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Call Chuse Olives
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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Deeds Wise
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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Bread Estate Two Wallet
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Foul Horse Stalk
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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Better None People Servant
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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Master Parent Requite

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