Aphoristic advice on saving, translating a French proverb — one
couplet
Subjects: aphorisms; advice, legal; money, use of; wealth, wise use of
Versification: —
two-line —
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1.Source: London, British Library Arundel 59, f. 130
v
Transcription:Who gettyth mouche money & dooth despend more
Nedyth no coffre to
key vp hys store
Note: Added to MS by Robert Lytylboureng Saywell, below witness to ownership
of the volume by Thomas Wall, Windsor Herald in 1525, with French version above,
‘Qui bien gaigne et qui plus fort despent / Riens ne Luy fault pour
mucer son argent’.