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398.—Norwich Castle

2105.—East Basham, Norfolk

703.—Walsingham Abbey, Norfolk.

700.—Byland Abbey, Yorkshire.

’Tis too late to spare when all is spent; One Swallow does not make Summer.

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.

A Burnt Child dreads the Fire

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

Fat Paunches make Lean Pates.

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

When the Steed’s stolen, shut the Stable Door.

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

Sue a Beggar and catch a Louse; Many Hands make Light Work; [woodcut: well-dressed man scratches his head standing near a beggar with outstretched hat]

What is bred in the Bone will never be out of the Flesh; One Bird in the Hand is worth two in the Bush; A Cat may look upon a king.

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

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

He makes a Rod for his own Breech.

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

Proferred Service stinks; The Receiver is as bad as the Thief; Reckon not your Chickens before they are hatched.

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Places Shown

Coxwald; Yorkshire; England

Norwich; Norfolk; England

Walsingham Abbey; Norfolk; England

Walsingham; Norfolk; England