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Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.