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Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]
He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction read more
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
He did not care a button for it.
He did not care a button for it.
