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 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from 
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon read more 
 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from 
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 
 Her very silence, and her patience,
 Speak to the people, and they pity her.  
 Her very silence, and her patience,
 Speak to the people, and they pity her. 
 She never told her love,
 But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
  Feed on her read more 
 She never told her love,
 But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
  Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
   And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
    She sat like Patience on a monument,
     Smiling at grief. 
 Alas! sir,
 In what have I offended you? What cause
  Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?  
 Alas! sir,
 In what have I offended you? What cause
  Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure? 
 To have nothing is not poverty.
 [Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]  
 To have nothing is not poverty.
 [Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.] 
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
 Vain, froward child of empire, say,
 Are all thy playthings snatched away?  
 Vain, froward child of empire, say,
 Are all thy playthings snatched away? 
 'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, 
my lord fool, out of read more 
 'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, 
my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, 
safety. 
 Round, round, while thus we go round,
 The best thing a man can do,
  Is to make read more 
 Round, round, while thus we go round,
 The best thing a man can do,
  Is to make it at least, a merry-go-round,
   By--sending the wine round too.