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Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
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As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the
market.
Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the
market.
In poison there is no physic.
In poison there is no physic.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
