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While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
