Noblemen who quarreled over a device. Wiser of the two shows foolishness of such a fight — Mythoi

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Noblemen who quarreled over a device. Wiser of the two shows foolishness of such a fight.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Prudence and Discretion. · Zeal – temperate and intemperate. · view the constellation · filed as J552.1

Cited in the index

general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 168.

Within the index

Filed under Intemperate pugnacity.

Filed beside it

Noblemen being ruined by long lawsuit decide wisely to join their families in marriage and save their fortunes Serpent (weasel) tries to bite a file Helmet left for woman to quarrel with. Woman insists upon quarreling with a nobleman. He says, "If you wish to quarrel, I shall leave my helmet here. You can talk to it." Brothers compose quarrel and save umpire's fee Boast at home. In Castile a Spaniard maintains to a Portuguese that the Spanish king is best of all. In Portugal, that the Portuguese king is best. "Each cock crows in his own barnyard."

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