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A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
But shepherds know
How hot the mid-day sun shall glow
From the mist of morning sky.
But shepherds know
How hot the mid-day sun shall glow
From the mist of morning sky.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.