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For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.