xxxvii-xxxix), characteristic of the edition of Fergusson published
in 1692 are present in Pappity Stampoy, these variations must have
been introduced into one or both of the editions of 1649 and 1659.
With such information as is at present available it is impossible to
determine whether Pappity Stampoy's rare additions were his own or
were also derived, as seems probable, from an edition of Fergusson.
Such proverbs as "Drunken wife gat ay the drunken penny" (Pappity Stampoy,
p. 17), "Eat and drink measurely, and defie the mediciners" (p. 18),
and "Put your hand into the creel, and you will get either an adder,
or an Eele" (p. 43) do not appear in the 1641 edition, but may be present
in a later one. In any event, _The Oxford Dictionary of English
Proverbs_ vouches for the currency of the last two proverbs in the
sixteenth century. Pappity Stampoy may have followed his source in
rejecting the "Proverbiale speeches" (Beveridge, pp. 46-50) or may
have discarded them on his own responsibility. As F. P. Wilson points
out, he showed ingenuity of a sort. "The thief jumbles the order of
the first 81 proverbs given in Fergusson under the letter A; then,
having put his reader off the scent, he gives the remaining proverbs
under this letter in Fergusson's order.
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