Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.

Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.

Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.

Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.

The wind in ones face makes one wise.

The wind in ones face makes one wise.

Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.

Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.

When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.

When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.

Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.

Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Some evils are cured by contempt.

Some evils are cured by contempt.