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my Clark & Wright edition has "glisters", which is what I expected to find. the OED has this b. Proverb. (Cf. glitter v. 1b.)
(In mod. use ‘glitters’ is commonly substituted for glisters.)
1553 Becon Reliques of Rome (1563) 207 All is not golde that glistereth. 1596 Shakes. Merch. V. ii. vii. 65. 1649 Milton Eikon. viii. (1851) 395 They think all is gold of pietie that doth but glister with a shew of Zeale. 1650 T. Hubbert Pill Formality 36 Seriously trie before we choose, lest we take all for gold that glisters. a1771 Gray Death Fav. Cat. vii, Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes+is lawful prize+Nor all that glisters, gold. 1802 Canning Poet. Wks. (1827) 44.
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