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Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.