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We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find read more
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find leash, or band,
For dame that loves to rove?
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to read more
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to what she'll say or do.
Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Divine grace was never slow.
Divine grace was never slow.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
