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Moral emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages ...

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SMALL GAINS BRING GREAT WEALTH.<br />

There's nothing <strong>with</strong> more danger fraught<br />

Than what is little, to defpife ;<br />

There's neither man nor brute fo great<br />

May<br />

But, like the Lion pictur'd here,<br />

learn to rue the wrath <strong>and</strong> hate<br />

Of that which feem'd too fm<strong>all</strong> to fear.<br />

TNIMICUM quamvis humilem docti est metuere<br />

A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper. OVID. Art.<br />

LEO etiam minimarum avium fit pabulum. CURTIUS.<br />

petit homme abat bien gr<strong>and</strong>' chesne.<br />

EEN kleyn man, met een kleyn geweer,<br />

Velt wel een grooten boom ter neer. UJ<br />

INEST et formicse sua bilis.<br />

Habet et musca splenem.<br />

ET pueri nasum rhinocerotis habent. MARTIAL, i. Ep. 4.<br />

NE despicias debilem ; nam Culex fodit oculum leonis. STRABO. OQ<br />

A MOUSE in tyme maye bite in two a cable. Old English Proverb. 2<br />

TREAD a worm on the tayle, <strong>and</strong> it wil turne againe. Ibid.<br />

>. TWAS the Mouse that set the Lion free. Ibid.<br />

QJ WEN der feind ist wie ein omeiss,<br />

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So halt ihn doch far ein elephant.<br />

(I) UN petit moucheron pique bien un gr<strong>and</strong> cheval.<br />

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Q EEN Kat siet wel op een Koning.<br />

A CAT maye looke at a Kinge. Old English Proverb.<br />

IL n'y a si gr<strong>and</strong>, ni si sage,<br />

Qui de petit n'ait bien dpmmage.<br />

IL est bien petit qui ne peut nuire.<br />

GESELLEN, wilt uw wel beraden,<br />

Hy is wel klein die niet kan schaden.<br />

IL n'est pas sage qui n'a peur d'un fol.<br />

Es ist nicht an der grosse gelegen,<br />

Sonst erliefT eine kuh einen hasen.<br />

GRANDE Ville rien dedans ;<br />

Petite chose nuist souvent.<br />

ANCHE la moscha ha la sua collera.<br />

SMALL RAIN LAYS A. GREAT WIND.<br />

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