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Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.
Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
Every bullet has its billet.
Every bullet has its billet.
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?
