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If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
Such crimes has superstition caused.
Such crimes has superstition caused.
