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The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.