So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
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See the effect of commercial intercourse.
See the effect of commercial intercourse.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
Wine ever paies for his loding.
Wine ever paies for his loding.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
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.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
