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Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
