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Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.
There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Waight and measure take away strife.
Waight and measure take away strife.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.