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Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Scared out of his seven senses.
Scared out of his seven senses.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
Councell breakes not the head.
Councell breakes not the head.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
He will be beloved when he is no more.