safe bind, safe find

safe bind, safe find

1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs I. iii. A4 Than catche and hold while I may, fast bind, fast fynde.

1573 T. TUSSER Husbandry (rev. ed.) II. 8 Drie sunne, drie winde, safe bind, safe find.

1655 T. FULLER Church Hist. Britain IV. iv Because sure binde, sure finde, he [Richard III] is said, and his Queen, to be Crowned again in York with great solemnity.

1890 D. C. MURRAY John Vale’s Guard I. vi. ‘Safe bind, safe find,’ said Uncle Robert, locking the door and pocketing the key.

1937 D. L. SAYERS Busman’s Honeymoon xx. As I says to Frank Crutchley, safe bind, safe find, I says.

1947 M. GILBERT Close Quarters viii. ‘A careful man, the late head verger,’ remarked Hazlerigg. ‘Careful of his own and his master’s property. Fast bind, fast find.’


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