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Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? read more
But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? Much rather should he court the ray,
To hoard up warmth against a wintry day.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.