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To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
The House shewes the owner.
The House shewes the owner.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of read more
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
'Tis the same with common natures,
Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,
And the rogues obey you well.
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.
A pittifull mother makes a scald head.
A pittifull mother makes a scald head.
