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When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
God provides for him that trusteth.
God provides for him that trusteth.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
