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Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Give me the ocular proof.
Give me the ocular proof.
None but the brave deserve the fair.
None but the brave deserve the fair.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
