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Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
And neglected his task for the flowers on the way.
And neglected his task for the flowers on the way.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).
To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).