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Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred
woman.
Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred
woman.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.