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O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
 Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with 
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.  
 Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with 
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage. 
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
 A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would 
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more 
 A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would 
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is 
professed with greatest strictness). 
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
 Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with 
thoughts.  
 Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with 
thoughts. 
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.