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Charity sees the need not the cause.
Charity sees the need not the cause.
He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]
He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
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The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," the lady said,
"Saints cannot taste in heaven."
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
To a brave man every soil is his country.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
