Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.

Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.

Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.

The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.

The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.

Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.

And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.

And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.

When God will, no winde but brings raine.

When God will, no winde but brings raine.

A master of straw eates a servant of steele.

A master of straw eates a servant of steele.

Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.

Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.