Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.

Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.

Step after step the ladder is ascended.

Step after step the ladder is ascended.

Beare with evill, and expect good.

Beare with evill, and expect good.

The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.

The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.

Better suffer ill, then doe ill.

Better suffer ill, then doe ill.

I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.

I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.

He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.

He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.

Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred
woman.

Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred
woman.

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.