An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.

An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.

My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.

My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.

An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.

An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.

Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?

Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

Building is a sweet impoverishing.

Building is a sweet impoverishing.

Small things become the small.

Small things become the small.

The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.

The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.

Pardon all but thy selfe.

Pardon all but thy selfe.