The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (137 page)

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o
things could not now be otherwise; early 14th-cent. Fr.
mez quant ja est la chose fecte
,
ne puet pas bien estre desfecte
, but when a thing is already done, it cannot be undone.
c
1450
King Ponthus
in
Publications of Modern Language Association of America
(1897) XII. 107
The thynges that be doone may not be undoone.
1546
Dialogue of Proverbs
I. x. C4
Things done, can not be undoone.

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