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A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
He that staies does the businesse.
He that staies does the businesse.
It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one read more
It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one thing and think another!
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]