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Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
Goe not for every griefe to the Phtsitian, nor for every quarrell
to the Lawyer, nor for every thirst read more
Goe not for every griefe to the Phtsitian, nor for every quarrell
to the Lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.