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700.—Byland Abbey, Yorkshire.

2105.—East Basham, Norfolk

Decorative initial I, Coloured

703.—Walsingham Abbey, Norfolk.

It’s neither Rhime nor Reason; What is got over the Devil’s Back will be spent under his Belly.

A Rolling Stone gathers no Moss; It is good to make Hay while the Sun shines.

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

Curs’d Cows have short Horns; Much falls between the Cup and the Lip. No longer pipe no longer dance.

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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

Little Pitchers have great Ears; Many talk of Robin Hood who never shot in his Bow.

Fast bind, fast find; Like Father like Son.

A Burnt Child dreads the Fire

Harm watch, Harm catch; It is a good Horse that never stumbles.

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

I talk of Chalk and you of Cheese; Charity begins at Home; Cut your Coat according to your Cloth; What can’t be cur’d must be endur’d.

He who has a mind to beat a Dog will easily find a Stick; Naught is never in Danger; Faint Heart never won fair Lady.

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

A Shoemaker must not go beyond his Last

Need makes the old Wife trot; [woodcut: barefoot old woman hitches up skirts to cross a stream]

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Places Shown

Coxwald; Yorkshire; England

Walsingham Abbey; Norfolk; England

Walsingham; Norfolk; England