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Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.