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Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.