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The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
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He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.