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It is ill SITTING at Rome and striving with the Pope
a1628
Proverbs in Scots
no. 1847
Ye may not sit in Rome and strive with the Pape.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
194
It is hard to sit in Rome, and strive against the Pope. It is foolish to strive with our Governours, Landlords, or those under whose Distress we are.
1908
Ezekiel
58
‘It is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope.’ Nebuchadnezzar's palace was not precisely the place to dispute with Nebuchadnezzar.
conduct;
prudence
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