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Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of read more
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of cold and dry
To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume
The balm of life.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
