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A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]
A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
