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Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with read more
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
