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O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
All keyes hang not on one girdle.
All keyes hang not on one girdle.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
