A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless read more

A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights
To him who wears the regal diadem.

What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?

What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?

The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]

The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]

The absent partie is still faultie.

The absent partie is still faultie.

Step after step the ladder is ascended.

Step after step the ladder is ascended.

Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
offence.

Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
offence.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

A faire death honours the whole life.

A faire death honours the whole life.

The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.

The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.