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Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
He that will be served must bee patient.
He that will be served must bee patient.
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
