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The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
