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At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
Tormenting himself with his prickles.
The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.
The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.
One flower makes no garland.
One flower makes no garland.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
