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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
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As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
