1624. Matt. vii. 1, 2.
1627. Probably Is. xxix. 14, but it is not an exact quotation.
1645. Job xxx. 1, ‘Nunc autem derident me iuniores tempore.’
1648. Job xii. 4, ‘deridetur enim iusti simplicitas.’
1653. The reference is no doubt intended for the Elegies of Maximianus, but I think no such passage occurs in them. Perhaps our author was thinking of Cato, Distich. iii. 7,
Alterius dictum aut factum nec carpseris unquam,
Exemplo simili ne te derideat alter.
1662. faisoit, singular for the rhyme, with the excuse of ‘chascun’ to follow.
1669. Perhaps Prov. xxiv. 9, ‘abominatio hominum detractor,’ or xvi. 5, ‘Abominatio Domini est omnis arrogans.’
1678. Ps. lix. (Vulg. lviii.) 8 (9), ‘Et tu, Domine, deridebis eos.’