If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.

If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.

As is the mother, so is her daughter.

As is the mother, so is her daughter.

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.

For the labourer is worthy of his hire.

For the labourer is worthy of his hire.

All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.

All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.

If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.

Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more

Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?