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2103.—Herstmonceaux Castle.

Decorative initial I, Coloured

703.—Walsingham Abbey, Norfolk.

398.—Norwich Castle

2105.—East Basham, Norfolk

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

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

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

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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]

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

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

He makes a Rod for his own Breech.

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

A Burnt Child dreads the Fire

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

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

Near is my Shirt, but Nearer is my Skin.

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.

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Places Shown

Herstmonceaux; East Sussex; England

Norwich; Norfolk; England

Walsingham Abbey; Norfolk; England

Walsingham; Norfolk; England