How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.

The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.

The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.

A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.

A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.

And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.

And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.

Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.

Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.

Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.

Going as if he trod upon eggs.

Going as if he trod upon eggs.