To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the read more

To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the nation;
Sure John and I are more than quit.

The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.

Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.

Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.

Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.

Time stoops to no man's lure.

Time stoops to no man's lure.

Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.

Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.

All covet, all lose.

All covet, all lose.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

If all fooles had babies, wee should want fuell.

If all fooles had babies, wee should want fuell.