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If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
He that burnes most shines most.
He that burnes most shines most.
A faire death honours the whole life.
A faire death honours the whole life.
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
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As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
