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Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of read more
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Waight and measure take away strife.
Waight and measure take away strife.
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to read more
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to recall it.
