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The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
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).
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.