'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.

'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.

The table robbes more then a thiefe.

The table robbes more then a thiefe.

To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]

To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]

Craft against craft makes no living.

Craft against craft makes no living.

O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.

O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

Heresie is the school of pride.

Heresie is the school of pride.

He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.

He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.