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Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
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No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
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Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.