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Miscellaneous. (continued)

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Now bething the, gentilman,
How Adam dalf, and Eve span. 1

MS. of the Fifteenth Century (British Museum).

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Use three Physicians,—
Still-first Dr. Quiet;
Next Dr. Mery-man,
And Dr. Dyet. 2

Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum (edition of 1607).

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    The King of France went up the hill
  With twenty thousand men;
The King of France came down the hill,
  And ne’er went up again.

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In Adam’s fall
We sinned all.

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My Book and Heart
Must never part.

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Young Obadias,
David, Josias,—
All were pious.

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Peter denyed
His Lord, and cryed.

Note 1.
The same proverb existed in German:—

So Adam reutte, und Eva span,
Wer war da ein eddelman?
Agricola: Proverbs, No. 254. [back]

Note 2.
See Swift, Quotation 45. [back]