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Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred
woman.
Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred
woman.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
