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New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
Without businesse debauchery.
Without businesse debauchery.
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
