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Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.
Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
