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The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
One stroke fells not an oke.
One stroke fells not an oke.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
See the effect of commercial intercourse.
See the effect of commercial intercourse.
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?
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
