Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more

Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.

Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more

Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

A City that parlies is half gotten.

A City that parlies is half gotten.

Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

In a long journey straw waighs.

In a long journey straw waighs.

The Smith and his penny both are black.

The Smith and his penny both are black.

It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.

It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.

We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.