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In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]
Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]