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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

All goes down Gutter-lane; As Wise as a Man of Gotham; As good as George of Green; [woodcut: stout man drinks from mug, holds saussage with a fork]

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

The more Haste the worse Speed; When the Sky falls we shall catch Larks.

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

He makes a Rod for his own Breech.

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

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

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

A Shoemaker must not go beyond his Last

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.

As sure as God’s in Gloucestershire; Every Man thinks his own Geese Swans.

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

Good Wine needs no Bush; Kissing goes by Favour; A Lark is better than a Kite

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