CHAPTER II

Ancient Collections of Proverbs -- The Proverbs of Solomon -- Ecclesiasticus -- The Work of D'Anvers on Solomon's Proverbs -- The Collections of De Worde, Trevisis, and Lydgate -- The "Adagia" of Erasmus -- Tavernar's "Garden of Wisdom" -- Heywood's Collection of Proverbs -- Camden's "Remaines" -- Davies, the "Scourge of Folly" -- The "Apophthegms" of Lord Bacon -- The "Outlandish Proverbs" of G. H. -- Herbert's "Jacula Prudentum" -- The Work of Howell and Cotgrave -- The "Gnomologia" of Fuller -- The Difficulties of Proverb-classification, by Country, by Leading Word, by Subject, etc. -- Ray's "Collection of English Proverbs" -- The "Paræmiologia" of Walker -- Palmer on Proverbs -- The Sayings of "Poor Richard" 26