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By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.
I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
All came from, and will goe to others.
All came from, and will goe to others.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.