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The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.
Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
