If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.

If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.

Little losses amaze, great tame.

Little losses amaze, great tame.

When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?

When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?

Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.

Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.

Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

The point is plain as a pike staff.

The point is plain as a pike staff.