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• She looketh as butter would not melt in her mouth. -- John Heywood (c.
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• The cat would eate fish, and would not wet her feete.
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• This hitteth the naile on the hed. -- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. xi
• All is fish that comth to net. -- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. xi
• Better is halfe a lofe than no bread. -- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. xi
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