Ray. 215 
*^ Engli/hWoris.'' The foundation of thefe 
publications was laid in his various tours 
through the different parts of England^ 
His " Proverbs" v^ere iinifhed for the prefs 
in 1669, but not publifhed till 1672, and 
a fecond edition, much enlarged, in 1678, 
under the following title : " A Collec- 
TioN of English Proverbs, digefted 
into a convenient method for the fpeedy 
finding one upon occafion ; with fliort 
annotations. Whereunto are added local 
proverbs, with their explications, old pro- 
verbial rhythmes, lefs known,, or exotic 
" proverbial fentences and ScottiJJo pro- 
verbs. Enlarged by the addition of many 
hundred Englijhy and an appendix of He^ 
hrew proverbs, with annotations and pa- 
rallels." Cambridge. 8\ pp. 414. 
It has been reprinted many times, and, I 
think, fo lately as in the year 1768. 
To colledl thefe fententious maxims of 
knowledge, both of a moral, prudential, 
and even a jocular nature, has not been 
deemed unworthy employment, by men of 
eminent learning and intelligence. The 
Adagies of Erasmus furnifh a fufficient 
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