Many friends in generall, one in speciall.

Many friends in generall, one in speciall.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.

Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.

Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.

We are fooles one to another.

We are fooles one to another.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.

The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.