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40: Dalmatica, Croatica

14: Æthiopica

29: Sinica

23: Islandica

22: Runica

27: Malabarica

10: Eadem charactere Samaritano

25: Coptica quasi Antiqua; Angolana

One good Turn deserves another; He steals a Goose, and gives the Giblets in Alms.

A Shoemaker must not go beyond his Last

An old Dog will learn no Tricks; If you trust before you try, You may repent before you die.

After sweet Meat comes sour Sauce; [woodcut of stout man, seated, with bandaged foot]

The Traceys have always the Wind in their Faces; To cut large Thongs out of another Man’s Leather; Too much of one Thing is good for nothing

Well begun is half ended; All is well that ends well.

Brag is a good Dog, but Holdfast is a better; The Belly has no Ears; [woodcut: mouse by house perhaps made from candle with snuffer]

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Nothing venture, nothing have; Virtue which parleys is near a Surrender.

One scabbed Sheep marrs a whole Flock; Tread on a Worm and it will turn.

Many Words will not fill a Bushel; The younger Brother the better Gentleman.

One Man had better steal a Horse than another look over the Hedge; [woodcut: highayman with hat and cape leads a horse]

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