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 When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German 
Ambassador: "If they want to see me, read more 
 When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German 
Ambassador: "If they want to see me, here I am. If they want to 
see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits." 
 He was a wight of high renowne,
 And thosne but of a low degree;
  Itt's pride that read more 
 He was a wight of high renowne,
 And thosne but of a low degree;
  Itt's pride that putts the countrye downe,
   Man, take thine old cloake about thee. 
Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast.
Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast.
 A painted vest Prince Voltiger had on,
 Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won.  
 A painted vest Prince Voltiger had on,
 Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won. 
 Old Grimes is dead, that good old man,
 We ne'er shall see him more;
  He used to read more 
 Old Grimes is dead, that good old man,
 We ne'er shall see him more;
  He used to wear a long black coat
   All button'd down before. 
 Dress does not give knowledge.
 [Sp., La ropa no da ciencia.]  
 Dress does not give knowledge.
 [Sp., La ropa no da ciencia.] 
 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that 
they stript Joseph out of his read more 
 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that 
they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that 
was on him:
 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was 
empty, there was no water in it. 
 The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the 
trimmings of the vain.  
 The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the 
trimmings of the vain.