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My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
The body is more drest then the soule.
The body is more drest then the soule.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
