Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.

As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.

As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.

Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.

Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.

The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.

The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.

There was not a greater gourmand living.

There was not a greater gourmand living.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.

Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.

A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.
[A cool mouth, and warm feet, live long.]

A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.
[A cool mouth, and warm feet, live long.]

Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.

Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.