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Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.
Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.
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?
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by read more
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil read more
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil in.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
There are more men threatned then stricken.
There are more men threatned then stricken.
