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 A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets 
journeys on in safety.  
 A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets 
journeys on in safety. 
 What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
 Through many a branch the founders of our race.  
 What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
 Through many a branch the founders of our race. 
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
 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! 
Of two evils I have chose the least.
Of two evils I have chose the least.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
 It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
 [Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]  
 It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
 [Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.] 
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.