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He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
At length the Fox is brought to the Furrier.
At length the Fox is brought to the Furrier.
The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.
The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
The Apothecaries morter spoiles the Luters musick.
The Apothecaries morter spoiles the Luters musick.
The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
