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A cat may looke on a King.

John Heywood

This wonder (as wonders last) lasted nine daies.
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Last Nine Wonder
When the iron is hot, strike.
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Hot Iron Opportunity
Fieldes have eies and woods have eares.
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Music Nature Silence
Nought venture, nought have. [Nothing ventured, nothing gained.]
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Life Risk Struggle Venture
To give importance to trifling matters.
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Giving Importance Matter
Feed by measure, and defy the physician.
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Measure Physician Treatment
He makes a beggar first that first relieves him; Not us’rers make more beggars where they live Than charitable men that use to give.
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Giving Men Use
It had need to bee A wylie mouse that should breed in the cats eare.
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Care Cat Need
All things on earth thus change, some up, some down; Content’s a kingdom, and I wear that crown.
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Contentment Crown Earth
Thrée maie a kepe counsayle, if two be away.
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Away Counsayle Two
When all candles are out, all cats are grey, All things are then of one color, as who say. And this proverb faith, for quenching hot desire, Foul water as soon as faire, will quench hot fire.
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Cat Hot Water
Every dog has its day.
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Dog Wisdom Wise
It is a poor dog that is not worth the whistling
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Dog Fun Poor Whistling
Let the world slide, let the world go; A fig for care, and a fig for woe! If I can’t pay, why I can owe, And death makes equal the high and low.
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Care Death World
All a green willow, willow, All a green willow is my garland.
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Garlands Green Tree
A cat may looke on a King.
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Cat King May

A cat may looke on a King.

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