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The offender never pardons.
The offender never pardons.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
