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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.
If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
May go to whoop and holloa.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Craft against craft makes no living.
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
