Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.

Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.

More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]

More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]

The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.

The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.

With but a plank between them and their fate.

With but a plank between them and their fate.

Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.

Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.

In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.

In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.

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

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

To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).

To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).