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No better than you should be.
No better than you should be.
Through thick and thin.
Through thick and thin.
Made no more bones.
Made no more bones.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
Like his that lights a candle to the sun.
Like his that lights a candle to the sun.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
To give importance to trifling matters.
To give importance to trifling matters.
 To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
 And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.  
 To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
 And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd. 
 Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
 [Lat., Dens Theonia.]  
 Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
 [Lat., Dens Theonia.]