"A fool and his money are soon parted."
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A Defence of the Government Established in the Church of England for Ecclesiastical Matters (London, 1587), bk. 15, p. 1294. "A foole and his money is soone parted." An English proverb. Cf. Thomas Tusser
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John Bridges (bishop)
1536 – 1618
John Bridges (1536–1618) was an English bishop.
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