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For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's read more
For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's part.
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
There are more men threatned then stricken.
There are more men threatned then stricken.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
A trade is better then service.
A trade is better then service.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.