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They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
The great would have none great and the little all little.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
At length the Fox is brought to the Furrier.
At length the Fox is brought to the Furrier.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.