But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?

But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?

Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.

Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.

We must every one be a man of his own fancy.

We must every one be a man of his own fancy.

Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.

Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.

Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.

Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.

It is good to hold the asse by the bridle.

It is good to hold the asse by the bridle.

Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
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Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.

Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.

Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.