Take the goods the gods provide thee.

Take the goods the gods provide thee.

Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.

Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.

This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
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Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!

Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.

Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.

Working and making a fire doth discretion require.

Working and making a fire doth discretion require.

The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, read more

The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.