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The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
He that burnes most shines most.
He that burnes most shines most.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.
While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Go to Jericho.
Let them all go to Jericho,
And ne'er be seen againe.
Go to Jericho.
Let them all go to Jericho,
And ne'er be seen againe.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
