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O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
