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The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to
their house.
The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to
their house.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Good service is a great inchantment.
Good service is a great inchantment.
They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.
They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
Too much of anything is bad.
Too much of anything is bad.
