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WILLIAM CAMDEN
English antiquary and historian
(1551 - 1623)

He that mischief hatcheth, mischief catcheth.
      - [Mischief]

My friend, judge not me,
  Thou seest I judge not thee;
    Betwixt the stirrop and the ground,
      Mercy I askt, mercy I found.
      - Remaines Concerning Britaine
         (1637, p. 392),
        quoted by Dr. Hill on epitaph to a man killed by a fall from his horse
        [Judgment]

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
      - Remaines--Proverbs (p. 293) [Proverbs]

Better halfe a loafe than no bread.
      - Remaines--Proverbs (p. 293) [Eating]

An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
      - Remains [Proverbs]

God sendeth cold after clothes.
      - Remains [Providence]

The sea hath fish for every man.
      - Remains Concerning Britain [Fish]

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