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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of read more
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that kiss
I carried from thee dear; and my true lip
Hath virgined it e'er since.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.