Step after step the ladder is ascended.

Step after step the ladder is ascended.

Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.

Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.

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.

Soft and faire goes farre.

Soft and faire goes farre.

Gifts enter every where without a wimble.

Gifts enter every where without a wimble.

Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]

Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]

Pension never inriched young man.

Pension never inriched young man.

By suppers more have beene killed then Gallen ever cured.

By suppers more have beene killed then Gallen ever cured.

My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
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My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
Can make the fool of; that they made before:
In fact I must not lead the life I did do.