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Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
He who is first in time has the prior right.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.