My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.

My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.

Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.

Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.

He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.

Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.

Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.

I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

His bark is worse than his bite.

His bark is worse than his bite.

The first dish pleaseth all.

The first dish pleaseth all.