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Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.