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Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
