"The holye scripture hath her figure and historye, her mysterye and veritie, her parable and playne doctryne."—Bale.

[14:A] "Or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher broken at the cistern."—Ecclesiastes xii. 6.

[14:B] "Ou ne fait point d'omelettes sans casser les œufs," says the Frenchman, and the Spaniard agrees, "No se hacen tortillas sin romper huevos."

[20:A]

"My reasoning your reason setteth nought by,
But reason for reason yee so stiffly lay,
By proverbe for proverbe that with you doe way."—Heywood.

[22:A] Nearly equivalent to the delightful saying of classic times, "Veritas temporis filia."

[22:B] To some extent preserved in the modern equivalents, "La verdad está en el vino," "Dans le vin on dit la vérité."

[23:A] In modern Portuguese, "O homem impoem, Deus dispoem."

[23:B] In modern Portuguese, "Duro com duro nao faz bom muro."