I tell the tale as it was told to me.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

To a great night, a great Lanthorne.

To a great night, a great Lanthorne.

From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.

From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.

It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.

It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.

That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.

The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.

The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.

Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!

Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!