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Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Success brings many to ruin.
Success brings many to ruin.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of read more
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that kiss
I carried from thee dear; and my true lip
Hath virgined it e'er since.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him read more
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
