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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
He that lives most dies most.
He that lives most dies most.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
A pittifull mother makes a scald head.
A pittifull mother makes a scald head.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
