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Too much taking heede is losse.
Too much taking heede is losse.
His essences turn the live air sick.
His essences turn the live air sick.
Where there is peace, God is.
Where there is peace, God is.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
