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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?
Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
