Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.

Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.

Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.

Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.

He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.

He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.

They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.

He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.

He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.

Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.

Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.

What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?

What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?

Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]

Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]