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Drawn Picture Frame

700.—Byland Abbey, Yorkshire.

2105.—East Basham, Norfolk

398.—Norwich Castle

703.—Walsingham Abbey, Norfolk.

Decorative initial I, Coloured

2103.—Herstmonceaux Castle.

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

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

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

Save a Thief from Hanging, and he’ll cut your Throat; Jack will never make a Gentleman.

He sets the Fox to keep his Geese. [woodcut: fox watching geese]

A scan of blank paper for use in backgrounds (public domain)

To buy a Pig in a poke; Robin Hood’s Pennyworths; He looks one way and rows another.

A Shoemaker must not go beyond his Last

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

Near is my Shirt, but Nearer is my Skin.

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

A Fool’s Bolt is soon shot; Birds of a Feather flock together; Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire.

Better play at small Game than stand out; Give him a Rowland for his Oliver.

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Places Shown

Coxwald; Yorkshire; England

Herstmonceaux; East Sussex; England

Norwich; Norfolk; England

Walsingham Abbey; Norfolk; England

Walsingham; Norfolk; England