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Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.
A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.
