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It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
Empty Chambers make foolish maides.
Empty Chambers make foolish maides.
But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
