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Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
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.]
