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To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls 
of the air, and they shall read more 
 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls 
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes 
of the sea shall declare unto thee. 
 The stern delight that warriors feel
 In foemen worthy of their steel.  
 The stern delight that warriors feel
 In foemen worthy of their steel. 
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
 The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and 
greatest punishment.  
 The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and 
greatest punishment. 
 Skins may differ, but affection
 Dwells in white and black the same.  
 Skins may differ, but affection
 Dwells in white and black the same. 
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.