Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.

Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

The shadow of a mighty name.

The shadow of a mighty name.

Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.

Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.

Good cheape is deare.

Good cheape is deare.

Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.

So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.

Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.