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Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.
Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
