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Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
 Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
 Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.  
 Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
 Uncertain, coy, and hard to please. 
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
 The very rats
 Instinctively had quit it.  
 The very rats
 Instinctively had quit it. 
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.