That means they are skilful workmen.

The emperor of Germany is the king of kings, the king of Spain king of men, the king of France king of asses, the king of England king of devils.—French.[814]

It is better to hear the lark sing than the mouse creep.

This was the proverb of the Douglases, adopted by every Border chief to express, as Sir Walter Scott observes, what the great Bruce had pointed out—that the woods and hills were the safest bulwarks of their country, instead of the fortified places which the English surpassed their neighbours in the art of assaulting or defending. The Servians have a similar saying: "Better to look from the mountain than from the dungeon."

He that has missed seeing Seville has missed seeing a marvel.—Spanish.[815]

See Naples and die.—Italian.[816]

There is but one Paris.—French.[817]

FOOTNOTES:

[788] L'Inglese italianizzato, un diavolo incarnato.

[789] Inghilterra paradiso di donne, purgatorio di borse, e inferno di cavalli.

[790] Con todo el mondo guerra, y paz con Inglaterra.

[791] Op een witten Spanjaard en op een zwarten Engelschman moet men acht geven.

[792] Un Normand a son dit et son dédit.