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A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
