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No herb can remedy the anguish of love.
No herb can remedy the anguish of love.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded.
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded.
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]