Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.

With but a plank between them and their fate.

With but a plank between them and their fate.

Hee stands not surely, that never slips.

Hee stands not surely, that never slips.

For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.

For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.

The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.

The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.

Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . read more

If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . . . I am no true man.

They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.

They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.

Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!