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Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect read more
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the
unjust, is simple folly.
He that lives most dies most.
He that lives most dies most.