[2529]. And fecche Felis his wyf | Fro wyuene pyne. MS. Trin. Col. 2.
[2547]. This was a very old and very common proverb in England. Thus in the Proverbs of Hending (Reliquiæ Antiquæ, vol. i, p. 110):—
Ne bue thi child never so duere,
Ant hit wolle unthewes lerne,
Bet hit other whyle;
Mote hit al habben is wille,
Woltou nultou hit wolle spille,
Ant bicome a fule.
Luef child lore byhoveth;
Quoth Hendyng.