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The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart read more
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
