If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
May go to whoop and holloa.

None is offended but by himselfe.

None is offended but by himselfe.

To a brave man every soil is his country.

To a brave man every soil is his country.

What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?

What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?

The Germans wit is in his fingers.

The Germans wit is in his fingers.

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

The act is judged of by the event.

The act is judged of by the event.

But few prize honour more than money.

But few prize honour more than money.