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To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
