But neither bended knees, pure hands held up,
Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,
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But neither bended knees, pure hands held up,
Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,
Could penetrate her uncompassionate sire.

Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.

Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.

To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.

To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.

Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.

Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.

This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.

He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.

He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.

Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it read more

Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it would last).

Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!

Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!

Wishing, of all employments is the worst.

Wishing, of all employments is the worst.