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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
All our pompe the earth covers.
All our pompe the earth covers.
There are more men threatned then stricken.
There are more men threatned then stricken.
I saw young Harry with his visor up.
I saw young Harry with his visor up.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids read more
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years
after.]
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.