What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]

What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]

The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more

The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.

It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.

It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.

Feare, the Bedle of the Law.

Feare, the Bedle of the Law.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

Better fed than taught.

Better fed than taught.

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.

The man of wisdom is the man of years.

The man of wisdom is the man of years.

Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.

Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.