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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.
Made no more bones.
Made no more bones.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
The asses' bridge.
[Lat., Pons Asinorum.]
The asses' bridge.
[Lat., Pons Asinorum.]
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
By all that's good and glorious.
By all that's good and glorious.
