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Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
