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The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
The deafe gaines the injury.
The deafe gaines the injury.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.