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 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride 
of man: thou shalt keep them read more 
 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride 
of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the 
strife of tongues. 
The windy satisfaction of the tongue.
The windy satisfaction of the tongue.
 The language I have learnt these forty years,
 My native English, now I must forgo;
  And now read more 
 The language I have learnt these forty years,
 My native English, now I must forgo;
  And now my tongue's use is to me no more
   Than an unstringed viol or a harp,
    Or like a cunning instrument cased up
     Or, being open, put into his hands
      That knows no touch to tune the harmony. 
 Better the feet slip then the tongue.
 [Better the feet slip than the tongue.]  
 Better the feet slip then the tongue.
 [Better the feet slip than the tongue.] 
 Tongues I'll hang on every tree
 That shall civil sayings show. . . .  
 Tongues I'll hang on every tree
 That shall civil sayings show. . . . 
 So on the tip of his subduing tongue
 All kinds of arguments and question deep,
  All replication read more 
 So on the tip of his subduing tongue
 All kinds of arguments and question deep,
  All replication prompt and reason strong,
   For his advantage still did wake and sleep.
    To make the weeper laugh, the laugher weep,
     He had the dialect and different skill,
      Catching all passions in his craft of will; . . . 
He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
I should think your tongue has broken its chain.
I should think your tongue has broken its chain.
 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which 
I have made touching the king: read more 
 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which 
I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready 
writer.