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Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.