The Catt sees not the mouse ever.

The Catt sees not the mouse ever.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.

I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.

Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.

Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.

Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.

Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.

And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.

I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more

I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.

He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]

He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]

A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.

A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.