If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.

If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.

All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.

All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.

Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,
That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.

The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.

Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.

Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.

And neglected his task for the flowers on the way.

And neglected his task for the flowers on the way.

Trust not him that hath once broken faith.

Trust not him that hath once broken faith.

Set all at sixe and seven.

Set all at sixe and seven.