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A little Kitchin makes a large house.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
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He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
