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Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
Hundreds of men were turned into beasts,
Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,
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Hundreds of men were turned into beasts,
Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,
By the magic of ale and cider.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
Every day brings his bread with it.
Every day brings his bread with it.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.