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Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void
of knowledge, or of the fear of read more
The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void
of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.
Charity sees the need not the cause.
Charity sees the need not the cause.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids read more
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years
after.]
