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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.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
