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Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to read more
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to do so.
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.
Such crimes has superstition caused.
Such crimes has superstition caused.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
