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Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
