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For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
Many friends in generall, one in speciall.
Many friends in generall, one in speciall.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
