"The holye scripture hath her figure and historye, her mysterye and veritie, her parable and playne doctryne."--_Bale._ [14:A] "Or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher broken at the cistern."--_Ecclesiastes_ xii. 6. [14:B] "Ou ne fait point d'omelettes sans casser les œufs," says the Frenchman, and the Spaniard agrees, "No se hacen tortillas sin romper huevos." [20:A] "My reasoning your reason setteth nought by, But reason for reason yee so stiffly lay, By proverbe for proverbe that with you doe way."--_Heywood._ [22:A] Nearly equivalent to the delightful saying of classic times, "Veritas temporis filia." [22:B] To some extent preserved in the modern equivalents, "La verdad está en el vino," "Dans le vin on dit la vérité." [23:A] In modern Portuguese, "O homem impoem, Deus dispoem." [23:B] In modern Portuguese, "Duro com duro nao faz bom muro." CHAPTER II Ancient Collections of Proverbs -- The Proverbs of Solomon -- Ecclesiasticus -- The Work of D'Anvers on Solomon's Proverbs -- The Collections of De Worde, Trevisis, and Lydgate -- The "Adagia" of Erasmus -- Tavernar's "Garden of Wisdom" -- Heywood's Collection of Proverbs -- Camden's "Remaines" -- Davies, the "Scourge of Folly" -- The "Apophthegms" of Lord Bacon -- The "Outlandish Proverbs" of G. H. -- Herbert's "Jacula Prudentum" -- The Work of Howell and Cotgrave -- The "Gnomologia" of Fuller -- The Difficulties of Proverb-classification, by Country, by leading Word, by Subject, etc. -- Ray's "Collection of English Proverbs" -- The "Paræmiologia" of Walker -- Palmer on Proverbs -- The Sayings of "Poor Richard"