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Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
For a morning raine leave not your journey.
For a morning raine leave not your journey.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.