When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.

When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
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So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.

He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

For washing his hands, none sels his lands.

For washing his hands, none sels his lands.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!

Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!