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Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then read more
Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then either of them both.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.