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A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
 If the husband once give way
 To his wife's capricious sway,
  For his breeches he next day
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 If the husband once give way
 To his wife's capricious sway,
  For his breeches he next day
   May go to whoop and holloa. 
 Civill Wars of France made a million of Atheists, and 30000 
Witches.  
 Civill Wars of France made a million of Atheists, and 30000 
Witches. 
Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.
Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.
 Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
 That he suspects none.  
 Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
 That he suspects none. 
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
 It so falls out
 That what we have we prize not to the worth
  Whiles we enjoy read more 
 It so falls out
 That what we have we prize not to the worth
  Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
   Why, then we rack the value. 
The act is judged of by the event.
The act is judged of by the event.
 The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of 
a farthing sixe pence.  
 The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of 
a farthing sixe pence.