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A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
He that lives most dies most.
He that lives most dies most.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of read more
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
What! upon compulsion? No!
What! upon compulsion? No!