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Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
