Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.

Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.

Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.

Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.

The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.

The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.

To a brave man every soil is his country.

To a brave man every soil is his country.

Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.

Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.

Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.

Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.