"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."
"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."