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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
