The humour of Italy; . not please all my readers ?—But see, Is it every reader that pleases me ? The tolling of church-bells, O Doctor Ismenus,—dost find it a bore ?Write no more prescriptions, O Doctor, and then they will toll no more! Here lies a cardinal Who did more ill than good. The good he did badly,The ill as well as he could. A monk to a dying sinner said, Beware !Just now, as I was coming up the stair, I saw the devil come for you But stay,— What shape had he ? An ass. Good father, nay !—It was your shadow frightened you to-day! Professor Ardeis ashes in this urn Repose. Dame Nature
The humour of Italy; . not please all my readers ?—But see, Is it every reader that pleases me ? The tolling of church-bells, O Doctor Ismenus,—dost find it a bore ?Write no more prescriptions, O Doctor, and then they will toll no more! Here lies a cardinal Who did more ill than good. The good he did badly,The ill as well as he could. A monk to a dying sinner said, Beware !Just now, as I was coming up the stair, I saw the devil come for you But stay,— What shape had he ? An ass. Good father, nay !—It was your shadow frightened you to-day! Professor Ardeis ashes in this urn Repose. Dame Nature intended him to teach So he was never able aught to learn. Gian Marias ill-conditioned wife Was bitten by a viper yester-eve. Then, I suppose, shes yielded up her life? No, sir—that twas the viper died, I grieve ! The abbey has been struck by lightning. Where ? Twas in the library. Thank heavens care ! The friars, holy men !—uninjured are ! 284 ITALIAN HUMOUR. PROVERBS, FOLK-LORE, AND TRADITIONAL ! Dont lend your knife inpumpkin-time. Do not ask the host whetherhis wine is good. All the brains are not in onehead. Pride went out on horse-back, and came home afoot. Heaven keep you from a bad neighbour, and from a man who is learning the violin. ty!*\\ iy$^ AjJgjj Better to be a lizards head than a dragons wine, and let water go to drive the I sleep, I sleep for myself; if I work, I dont knowwhom I work for. Let us have florins, and we shall find the fig for your friend and the peach for 1 The skin of the fig is supposed to be injurious, that of the peachwholesome. PROVERBS, FOLK-LORE, AND ANECDOTES. 285 In buying a horse and taking a wife, shut your eyes andtrust God for your life. Women are saints in church, angels in the street, devils inthe house, owls (avette, coquettes) at the window, andmagpies at the door. Women always tell the truth, but never the whole truth. Maids weep with one eye, wives with two,
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