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Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
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.
For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
He touches nothing but he adds a charm.
He touches nothing but he adds a charm.