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Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
Do not expect good from another's death.
Do not expect good from another's death.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
