[11708]. tu fabricator omnium. This was one of the hymns of the catholic church.
[11866]. Luke xiii, 27.
[11883]. 1 Corinth. xiii, 1.
[11894]. Matth. vii, 21.
[11998]. Thre thynges. This proverb is frequently quoted by the satirical and facetious writers of the middle ages. Thus in Chaucer (C. T. 5860):—
Thou saist, that droppyng houses, and eek smoke,
And chydyng wyves, maken men to fle
Out of here oughne hous.
In the poem entitled Golias de Conjuge non ducenda, in Walter Mapes, p. 83, the proverb is alluded to in the following words:—
Fumus, et mulier, et stillicidia,