A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.

A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.

My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.

My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.

One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.

The offender never pardons.

The offender never pardons.

We make allowance for necessity.

We make allowance for necessity.

Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.

Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.

An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.