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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void
of knowledge, or of the fear of read more
The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void
of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
In every country dogges bite.
In every country dogges bite.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of
the fool: this also is read more
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of
the fool: this also is vanity.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.