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 So our lives
 In acts exemplarie, not only winne
  Ourselves good Names, but doth to others give
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 So our lives
 In acts exemplarie, not only winne
  Ourselves good Names, but doth to others give
   Matter for virtuous Deedes, by which wee live. 
This is the Thing that I was born to do.
This is the Thing that I was born to do.
 An injury graves itself in metal, but a benefit writes itself in 
water.
 [Fr., L'injure se grave en read more 
 An injury graves itself in metal, but a benefit writes itself in 
water.
 [Fr., L'injure se grave en metal; et le bienfait s'escrit en 
l'onde.] 
 Go put your creed into your deed,
 Not speak with double tongue.  
 Go put your creed into your deed,
 Not speak with double tongue. 
 His deeds do not agree with his words.
 [Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]  
 His deeds do not agree with his words.
 [Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.] 
 Our deeds still travel with us from afar.
 And what we have been makes us what we are.  
 Our deeds still travel with us from afar.
 And what we have been makes us what we are. 
To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history.
To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history.