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My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.