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The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," read more
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," the lady said,
"Saints cannot taste in heaven."
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
