"To him that will, waies are not wanting."
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"To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool)."
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"To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot)."
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"To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]"
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"When a friend askes, there is no to morrow. [When a friend asks, there is no to-morrow.]"
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"Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be overturned."
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"What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell."
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"What one day gives us, another takes away from us. [What one day gives, another takes away from us.]"
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"Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters."
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"Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe."
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"Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne Carpenters (to make them crutches)."
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"Welcome evill, if thou commest alone. [Welcome evil, if thou comest alone.]"
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"Weight justly and sell dearely."
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"Weening is not measure."
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"Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done."
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"Wee know not who lives or dies."
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"Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts."
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"We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better."
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"We must love, as looking one day to hate."
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"We do it soon enough, if that we do be well."
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