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She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
The Catt sees not the mouse ever.
The Catt sees not the mouse ever.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
A blustering night, a faire day.
A blustering night, a faire day.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
