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Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.