Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.

Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.

By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.

By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.

Nature made the fields and man the cities.

Nature made the fields and man the cities.

Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.

Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.

The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.

The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.

My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.

My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.

The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.

The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.

Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.

Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.