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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
