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Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.