Rome was not built on a day.
Grand debonnaireté a maintes hommes greue: Prov. Many haue rued their great courtesie.
Grande moisson l'obeissant recueille: Prov. Great is the gaine of those that are obedient.
Le grand bœuf apprend à labourer au petit: Prov. The old Ox learnes the young to draw.
Les grands bœufs ne font pas les grandes iournées: Prov. The greatest Ox rids not most worke.
Le plus grand est le premier pourry: Prov. The greatest is the soonest rotten.
À grand cheval grand gué: Prov. A tall horse can make shift with a deepe foord; or, what needes a tall horse for a shallow foord?
À grand danger grand courage: Prov. Great dangers are by courage great orecome; or, much danger needs much courage.
À grand homme grand verre: Prov. A little glasse befits not a great gulch.
À grand pecheur esclandre: Prov. Great shame is the great sinners meed.
À grand pescheur eschappe anguille: Pro. An Eele escapes from th'expert Angler.
Aux grands est deu grand honneur: Prov. Great reuerence is due vnto great persons.
Aux grands honneurs grands envieux: Prov. Enuie the companion of honour.
De grande maladie vient on bien en grande santé: Prov. Sound health comes after sore diseases.
De grand peché grand pardon: Prov. A gracious pardon for a foule offence.
De grand train sur l'estrain: Prov. Looke Estrain.
De grands vanteurs petis faiseurs: Prov. Great braggers little doers.
De grand vilain grand flac: Prov. A great offendor merits a great fall; or, a noysome knaue deserues a noysome knocke; or;
De grand vilain lourde cheute. A great offendor hath a grieuous fall.
En grand fardeau n'est pas l'acquest: Prov. Hee gaines not most that carries most; not weight but worth, not greatnesse but goodnesse, makes a burthen gainefull.
En grande pauvreté n'y a pas grande loyauté: Prov. Those that are verie poore are not verie loyall.
Il n'est si grand iour qui ne vienne à vespre: Prov. The longest dayes haue euenings; (all earthlie things an end.)
De petit esguillon poind on bien grande asnesse: Pro. A little goad sets on the great shee Asse.
Douce parole rompt grand'ire: Pro. A gentle answer quayles fell anger.
Du petit vient on au grand: Prov. From little men come to great; viz. from a meane estate vnto much wealth; from errors to wilfull disorders; from veniall to mortall offences, &c.
En adventure gisent grands coups: Prov. While things are doubtfull great things may be done.
En petit buisson trouve on grand lievre: Prov. A little groue may harbor a great Hare.
En petite cheminée fait on bien grand feu: Prov. A little chimney can hold a great fire.
En petite maison Dieu a grand part: Prov. Looke Maison.
En petite teste gist grand sens: Prov. In a little head great wit.
Enfans deviennent grands gens: Prov. (Wee say) boyes will be men one day.
Il faut hasarder vn petit poisson pour prendre vn grand: Prov. We must aduenture a pennie to gaine a pound. Il n'est nager qu'en grand'eau: Prov. (We say) there is no fishing to the sea. Le cœur fait l'œuvre, non pas les grands iours: Prov. Not long dayes, but strong hearts, dispatch a worke. Les petis ruisseaux font les grandes rivieres: Pro. Narrow brookes make nauigable riuers. Mort n'espargne ny petit ny grand: Prov. Looke Mort. On ne fait pas à grands coups douce vieille: Pro. Hard stroakes yeeld but harsh Musicke. Petit homme abat bien grand chesne: Pro. A low man can fell a tall Oake. Petite pluye abat grand vent: Prov. (So sayd a mad fellow, who, lying in bed, bepist his farting wiues backe.)
Grand. In stead of Grandement; whence; Fenestre, ou Porte toute grand ouverte. Wide open.
Grandelet: m. ette: f. Somewhat great, pretie and big.
Grandement: m. Greatly, bigly, largely; hugely, mightily; exceedingly, extreamely; earnestly, vehemently; verie much.
Grandesse: f. as Grandeur. Grandet. as Grandelet; Biggish, greatish. Grandeur: f. Greatnesse, bignesse, largenesse; hugenesse; mightinesse; fullnesse, amplenesse; highnesse, loftinesse, statelinesse. Grandeur de lieu. Spaciousnesse, capacitie, widenesse.
Grandissime: com. Huge, mightie, excessiue, exceeding great.
Grands-iours. Looke Iour. Grand-ville. The name of a soure apple.
Granes. Foy de Granes: Pro. Treacherie, treason, vnfaithfulnesse, disloyaltie.
Grange: f. A Barne, for corne; also, a Grange. La grange est prés des bateurs. Said of a Nunnerie thats seated neere a Priorie.
Grangeage: m. Corne; or fruits layd vp in barnes; also, a fee payed for Corne-roome in a Barne. Passer grangeage d'un champ. To lease out a corne-*field, or the crop thereof.
Grangée: f. A Graunge, or countrey household. Grangée de bled. A Barne-full, or aboundance; a large heape, or huge quantitie, of corne.
Granger: m. A Farmer; a Barne-keeper.
Granger: m. ere: f. Of, or belonging to, a Barne.
Grangeux: m. euse: f. Of a Barne, full of Barnes.
Grangier: m. as Granger. Grangiere: f. A Farmers wife; or, a woman that keeps a Barne.
Grangousier. Great swallow, mightie throat. ¶Rab. Granit oriental. An orientall Garnet; a stone verie neere as good, and well-coloured, as the Rubie.
Granulé: m. ée: f. Reduced into seed, or graine.
Granuler. To reduce into seed, or graine.
Granuleux: m. euse: f. Grainie, seedie; also, in graines, or little seed-like peeces.
Graphide: f. A description, or delineation. ¶Rab. Graphigné: m. ée: f. Scraped, scratched, or clawed.
Graphigner. To scratch, to scrape, to claw.
Grapillon. See Grappillon.
