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Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
