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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
