574. A common proverb. In the Rom. de la Rose, l. 4750 (E. version, l.
5265), it appears as: 'Nus fox ne scet sa langue taire,' i. e. No fool
knows how to hold his tongue. In the Proverbs of Hendyng, it is: 'Sottes
bolt is sone shote,' l. 85. In later English, 'A fool's bolt is soon shot';
cf. Henry V, iii. 7. 132, and As You Like It, v. 4. 67. Kemble quotes from
MS. Harl. fol. 4--'Ut dicunt multi, cito transit lancea stulti.'