Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.

Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.

The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.

The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.

He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).

He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).

France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.

France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.

Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.

Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.

'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.

'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.

To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!

To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!