In the early Edo period, Sakuden ANRAKUEN noted that the proverb "Isogaba Maware (Make haste slowly)" was derived from a renga (collaborative poetry) included in 'Seisuisho,' "Mononofu no Yabase no fune wa hayakutomo Isogaba Maware Seta no Naga-bashi," which was written by a poet Socho.
江戸時代初期に安楽庵策伝は「醒睡笑」に、武士（もののふ）のやばせの舟は早くとも急がば廻れ瀬田の長橋という連歌師の宗長の歌から急がば回れのことわざがうまれたと紹介している。