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What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.
Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
