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A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.
Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
