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O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
