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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.