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Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
