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He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him read more
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
We always strive for that which is forbidden, and desire that
which is denied us.
We always strive for that which is forbidden, and desire that
which is denied us.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.