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An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is read more
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is heaven and heaven is love.
Divine grace was never slow.
Divine grace was never slow.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
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.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.