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Anothers bread costs deare.
Anothers bread costs deare.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto
this mountain, Remove hence to read more
If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto
this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove;
and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
Idle folks have the most labour.
Idle folks have the most labour.
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?