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Let all live as they would die.
Let all live as they would die.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
There is room left also for several to bring their friends.
There is room left also for several to bring their friends.
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.