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Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
If you must flie, flie well.
If you must flie, flie well.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]
You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]
None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.
None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of read more
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of cold and dry
To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume
The balm of life.
Good & quickly seldome meete.
Good & quickly seldome meete.