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Truth and oyle are ever above.
Truth and oyle are ever above.
 Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an 
ill, it doubles his fault.  
 Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an 
ill, it doubles his fault. 
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
At length the Fox is brought to the Furrier.
At length the Fox is brought to the Furrier.
 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which 
is without discretion.  
 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which 
is without discretion. 
 Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years 
after.
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 Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years 
after.
 [Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years 
after.]