[199] Aquellos saō ricos que tem amigos. Ubi amici, ibi opes.
[200] Mas valen amigos en la plaça que dineros en el arca.
[201] Cada hum dança como tem os amigos na sala.
[202] Naō se pode viver sem amigos.
CO-OPERATION. RECIPROCITY. SUBORDINATION.
One beats the bush and another catches the birds.
Sic vos non vobis. The proverb is derived from an old way of fowling by torchlight in the winter nights. A man walks along a lane, carrying a bush smeared with birdlime and a lighted torch. He is preceded by another, who beats the hedges on both sides and starts the birds, which, flying towards the light, are caught by the limed twigs. An imprudent use of this proverb by the Duke of Bedford, regent of France during the minority of our Henry VI., has given it historical celebrity. When the English were besieging Orleans, the Duke of Burgundy, their ally, intimated his desire that the town, when taken, should be given over to him. The regent replied, "Shall I beat the bush and another take the bird? No such thing." These words so offended the duke that he deserted the English at a time when they had the greatest need of his help to resist the efforts of Charles VII.