1616-1704.
Fables from several Authors.
Fable 398.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
MISCELLANEOUS.
From Apophthegms, &c., first gathered and compiled in Latin, by Erasmus, and now translated into English by Nicholas Vdall. 8vo. 1542. Fol. 239.
That same man, that rennith awaie,
Maie again fight an other daie.
From the Musarum Deliciae, compiled by Sir John Mennis and Dr. James Smith. 1640
He that fights and runs away
May live to fight another day.[24]
RICHARD GRAFTON.
Abridgement of the Chronicles of Englande. 1570. 8vo.
"A rule to knowe how many dayes euery moneth in the yeare hath."
Thirty dayes hath Nouember,
Aprill, June, and September,
February hath xxviii alone,
And all the rest have xxxi.
The Return from Parnassus. 4to. London. 1606.
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November,
February eight-and-twenty all alone,
And all the rest have thirty-one;
Unless that leap year doth combine,
And give to February twenty-nine.
Lines used by Joint Hall, in encourage the Rebels in Wat Tyler's Rebellion. Hume's History of England, Vol. I. Chap. 17.
Note i.
When Adam dolve, and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?
From the Garland, a Collection of Poems.
1721, by Mr. Br—st, author of a Copy of
Verses called "The British Beauties." Praise undeserved is Satire in disguise.[25]