"Crossing of Proverbs. The Second Part, with certaine briefe
Questions and Answeres, by N.B., Gent. Extremely rare and very
curious, _but imperfect_. It appears to contain a portion of
the first part, and also of the second; but it appears to be
unknown."

Into whose hands this fragment devolved I know not; and that is one
point I am anxious to ascertain, because I have another fragment,
which consists of what is evidently the first sheet of the first part
of the tract in question, with the following title-page, which I quote
_totidem literis_:--

"Crossing of Proverbs. Crosse-Answeres. And Crosse-Humours. By
B.N., Gent. At London, Printed for John Wright, and are to be
solde at his Shop without Newgate, at the signe of the Bible,
1616."

It is in 8vo., as Heber's fragment appears to have been; but then the
initials of the author are given as N.B., whereas in my fragment they
stand B.N., a usual inversion with Nicholas Breton; the brief address
"To the Reader" is also subscribed B.N.; and then begins the body of
the work, thus headed: "Crosse and Pile, or, Crossing of Proverbs." It
opens as follows:

"_Proverb_. The more the merrier.
_Cross_. Not so; one hand is enough in a purse.
_P._ Every man loves himselfe best.
_C._ Not so, when man is undone by suretyship.
_P._ He that runnes fastest gets most ground.
_C._ Not so, for then foote-men would have more land than their masters.