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The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
The shadow of a mighty name.
The shadow of a mighty name.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.
The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
