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They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
Put your toong in your purse.
Put your toong in your purse.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
There are many waies to fame.
There are many waies to fame.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.