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A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the
turne.
Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the
turne.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
