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Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
He assigned it to regions more than tropical.
He assigned it to regions more than tropical.
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.