Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!

You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!

The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.

The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.

Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.

Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.

Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.

Craft against vice I must apply.

Craft against vice I must apply.

The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.

The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.

To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.

To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.