Show LOSE LITERAL application three old portuguese proverbs which will likely fall fait into desuetude there are three very old guese proverbs which will now be likely to fall all into desuetude or which will at least have lost their literal application they are the following Quer els quo vos birva bom rey key dalme daime de quo que viva would you yoa have me serve you good king icing give me the means of 0 living 0 rel tal a lei a lei letta tal lagret a grel like king like law like law like people and ao rey key pertense per tence usar de franqueza ran pots tern tem por certo nao bahir em pobreza po breza it befits the king to bo be liberal for he Is sure of never falling failing into poverty there do not appear to be so large a number of proverbs in the portuguese language which may be differentially compared with english ones as there thera are in the french spanish german and some other languages there are many which are practically identical with the english while there are naturally others other having no DO equivalent in the english lan language ijaga ao homen a fortuna the da a mao ato to the bold man fortune holds out her hand Is very similar to our fortune favors the brave br v |