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In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
