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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.
Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.