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In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
That which sufficeth is not little.
That which sufficeth is not little.
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
