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He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.
Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.