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Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
 She never told her love,
 But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
  Feed on her read more 
 She never told her love,
 But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
  Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
   And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
    She sat like Patience on a monument,
     Smiling at grief. 
A woman the leader of the enterprise.
A woman the leader of the enterprise.
You stick in the same mire.
You stick in the same mire.
 One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
 [One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]  
 One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
 [One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.] 
 And Modesty, who, when she goes,
 Is gone for ever.  
 And Modesty, who, when she goes,
 Is gone for ever. 
 Goe not for every griefe to the Phtsitian, nor for every quarrell 
to the Lawyer, nor for every thirst read more 
 Goe not for every griefe to the Phtsitian, nor for every quarrell 
to the Lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot. 
Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.
Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.