Precaution said, Good friend, this counsel keep: strip not yourself until you’re laid to sleep.
Tradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Onthoud dit, lieve vriend, het is een wijzen raad: ontkleed u nimmermeer eer dat gy slapen gaat.
Precaution said, Good friend, this counsel keep: strip not yourself until you’re laid to sleep.
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