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Proverb Lore

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

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Page iv and viii are blank in the original.

The following corrections have been made to the text:

Page iii: "[original has single quote]FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS," ETC.

Page 23: Durum et durum non[original has not] faciunt murum

Page 43: bottom of the sea," says the old proverb.[original has comma]

Page 99: old English[original has Engish] proverb

Page 113: what sacred book shall he[original has be] recite

Page 118: recalls the hypocrisy[original has hyprocrisy] of the wolf

Page 126: you may have a horse of your[original has you] own some day

Page 135: and[original has nad] "Every day in thy life is a page in thy history."

Page 135: "The Notable and Antient Historie of the Cherrie and the Slae"[original has single quote]

Page 144: who they list and whosoever[original has whoesoever] displeaseth them

Page 171: Echar magaritas a puercos[original has puerco s]

Page 180: estimate of the respective[original has repective] values

Page 185: we read in "[original has single quote]Colyn Cloute"

Page 189: the saying that we have already quoted[original has quotod]

Page 191: perhaps puzzle them to explain.[original has comma]

Page 215: "Wine neither keeps secrets nor carries out promises"[quotation mark missing in original]

Page 234: Some would tell[original has tells] us that marriages

Page 246: saying to our[original has extraneous comma] "After-wit is everybody's wit"

Page 267: refers really to a cheese[original has chesse] not matured

[29:A] the works of Ewald,[comma missing in original] Berthean, Hitzig

[149:A] "[quotation mark missing in original]Set thee up waymarks."

[232:A] Number was added to footnote by transcriber.

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