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The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
 Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to 
their waning.  
 Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to 
their waning. 
 Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a 
Tartar]  
 Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a 
Tartar] 
And neglected his task for the flowers on the way.
And neglected his task for the flowers on the way.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.