England

In compliance with Fuller’s arrangement, I shall begin with those Proverbs which have reference to the whole kingdom: many of these, I must observe, are by no means complimentary, but seemed formed by foreigners from prejudice and misinformation.

When our Lady falls in our Lord’s lap
When Hemp is spun
When the black fleet of Norway is come and gone
England is a ringing island
When the sand feeds the clay, England cries well-a-day