The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.

The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.

They that are booted are not alwaies ready.

They that are booted are not alwaies ready.

We are born poets. we become orators.

We are born poets. we become orators.

To make a mountain of a mole-hill.

To make a mountain of a mole-hill.

The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.

The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.

If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.

If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.

The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.