Life like an empty dream flits by.

Life like an empty dream flits by.

Let each man have according to his deserts.

Let each man have according to his deserts.

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).

You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.

You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.

Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.

Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.

To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.

To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.

Words pay no debts.

Words pay no debts.

Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know read more

Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know their grave.

This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.