Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.

Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.

You stick in the same mire.

You stick in the same mire.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.

Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.

He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.

He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.

How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?

But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?

Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.

Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.

The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.

The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.