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Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
Even a child is known by his doings.
Even a child is known by his doings.
Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
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Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.