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Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.
With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.
