O these degenerate days!

O these degenerate days!

Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.

Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.

The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.

A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.

A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.

We are fooles one to another.

We are fooles one to another.

Gifts enter every where without a wimble.

Gifts enter every where without a wimble.

Those who hide can find.

Those who hide can find.