Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

Beggars must be no choosers.

Beggars must be no choosers.

Then, my good girls, be more than women, wise:
At least be more than I was; and be sure
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Then, my good girls, be more than women, wise:
At least be more than I was; and be sure
You credit anything the light gives life to
Before a man.

After supper walk a mile.

After supper walk a mile.

Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.

Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.

Yet what are they, the learned and the great?
Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!
Who shall read more

Yet what are they, the learned and the great?
Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!
Who shall presume to prophesy their date,
Where nought is certain save the uncertainty of fate?
- Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher,