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When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
A valiant mans looke is more then a cowards sword.
A valiant mans looke is more then a cowards sword.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
And every read more
My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
And every tale condemns me for a villain.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.