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My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.
My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
And every read more
My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
And every tale condemns me for a villain.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him read more
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.