Or, if there were a sympathy in choice,
War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,
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Or, if there were a sympathy in choice,
War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,
Making it momentany as a sound,
Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,
Brief as the lightning in the collied night,
That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,
And ere a man hath power to say 'Behold!'
The jaws of darkness do devour it up:
So quick bright things come to confusion.

Covetousnesse breaks the bag.

Covetousnesse breaks the bag.

An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.

Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.

The heart of kings is unsearchable.

The heart of kings is unsearchable.

Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.

Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.

He that is warme, thinkes all so.

He that is warme, thinkes all so.

Weight justly and sell dearely.

Weight justly and sell dearely.