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All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
We believe not a liar, even when he is speaking the truth.
We believe not a liar, even when he is speaking the truth.
