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For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
That is gold which is worth gold.
That is gold which is worth gold.
He claims a monopoly in friendship.
He claims a monopoly in friendship.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.