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 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. 
 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. 
Beggars must be no choosers.
Beggars must be no choosers.
 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.] 
 Set a beggar on horseback, and he will ride a gallop.
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 Set a beggar on horseback, and he will ride a gallop.
 [Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll outride the Devil.] 
 I'd just as soon a beggar as king,
 And the reason I'll tell you for why;
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 I'd just as soon a beggar as king,
 And the reason I'll tell you for why;
  A king cannot swagger, not drink like a beggar,
   Nor be half so happy as I.
    . . . .
     Let the back and side go bare. 
 I see, sir, you are liberal in offers.
 You taught me first to beg, and now methinks
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 I see, sir, you are liberal in offers.
 You taught me first to beg, and now methinks
  You teach me how a beggar should be answered. 
 Homer himself must beg if he want means, and as by report 
sometimes he did "go from door to read more 
 Homer himself must beg if he want means, and as by report 
sometimes he did "go from door to door and sing ballads, with a 
company of boys about him." 
 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.