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I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.
Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
