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Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. read more
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be
done, but I would fain die a dry death.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
Married in haste we may repent at leisure.
Married in haste we may repent at leisure.
The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.
The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.