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The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
