The miser is ever in want.

The miser is ever in want.

For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.

For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.

Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.

Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.

I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.

I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.

Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.

Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.

The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.

The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.

The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.

The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.

I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.

I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.

Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.

Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.