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As is the mother, so is her daughter.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
