The bath has sworn not to whiten the blackamoor, [225]

The beadle’s cow may graze in the churchyard, [157], [331]

The beadle of the parish is always of the vicar’s opinion, [31]

The beard does not make the philosopher, [105]

The beast dead, the venom dead, [39], [110]

The beast that goes well is never without some one to try his paces, [225], [263]

The beaten pay the fine, [33]

The beggar’s wallet has no bottom, [103], [136]

The beginning hot, the middle lukewarm, the end cold, [134]

The bell does not go to mass, and yet calls every one to it, [112], [235]