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Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.