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In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
Nature drawes more then ten teemes.
Nature drawes more then ten teemes.
