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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
