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Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.
Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.
In the end truth will out.
In the end truth will out.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
