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To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by read more
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.
Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.
