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Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
In every country dogges bite.
In every country dogges bite.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
