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All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
This is no time for staring about.
This is no time for staring about.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
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.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
