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Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.
Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
