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To get thine ends, lay bashfulnesse aside;
Who fears to aske, doth teach to be deny'd.
To get thine ends, lay bashfulnesse aside;
Who fears to aske, doth teach to be deny'd.
A pampered menial drove me from the door.
A pampered menial drove me from the door.
Borrowing is not much better than begging.
[Ger., Borgen ist nicht viel besser als betteln.]
Borrowing is not much better than begging.
[Ger., Borgen ist nicht viel besser als betteln.]
He who begs timidly courts a refusal.
[Lat., Qui timide rogat,
Docet negare.]
He who begs timidly courts a refusal.
[Lat., Qui timide rogat,
Docet negare.]
It needs not nor it boots thee not, proud queen,
Unless the adage must be verified,
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It needs not nor it boots thee not, proud queen,
Unless the adage must be verified,
That beggars mounted run their horse to death.
Set a beggar on horse backe, they saie, and hee will neuer
alight.
Set a beggar on horse backe, they saie, and hee will neuer
alight.
Beggars must be no choosers.
Beggars must be no choosers.
Not that I have the power to clutch my hand
When his fair angels would salute by palm,
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Not that I have the power to clutch my hand
When his fair angels would salute by palm,
But for my hand, as unattempted yet,
Like a poor beggar, raileth on the rich.
Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail
And say there is no sin but to be rich;
And being rich, my virtue then shall be
To say there is no vice but beggary.
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
[Fr., Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterre.]
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
[Fr., Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterre.]
