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Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.