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The House shewes the owner.
The House shewes the owner.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
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As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
