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He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime read more
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.
