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To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
It's not good fishing before the net.
It's not good fishing before the net.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
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He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
