Love makes one fitt for any work.

Love makes one fitt for any work.

Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then read more

Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then either of them both.

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.

In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.

A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.

A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.

He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.

He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.

Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.

Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.