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While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to read more
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to what she'll say or do.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
