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No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner read more
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.
The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.
