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In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
Far from gay cities and the ways of men.
Far from gay cities and the ways of men.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my read more
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which
I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship
them:
Then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I
cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
among all people:
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath
the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?
Many a smale maketh a grate.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
It is very hard to shave an egge.