The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.

The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.

If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
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As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.

If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.

Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?

Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?

For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.

For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.

Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.

Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.

The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.

The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.