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 Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and 
sure, dear friends, my read more 
 Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and 
sure, dear friends, my thanks are too dear a halfpenny. 
 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. 
 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.] 
 The real beggar is indeed the true and only king.
 [Ger., Der wahre Bettler ist
  Doch einzig read more 
 The real beggar is indeed the true and only king.
 [Ger., Der wahre Bettler ist
  Doch einzig und allein der wahre Konig.] 
 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.] 
 A beggar through the world am I,
 From place to place I wander by.
  Fill up my read more 
 A beggar through the world am I,
 From place to place I wander by.
  Fill up my pilgrim's scrip for me,
   For Christ's sweet sake and charity. 
 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." 
Beggars must be no choosers.
Beggars must be no choosers.
A pampered menial drove me from the door.
A pampered menial drove me from the door.