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It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
