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Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.
Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
