What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?

What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?

The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.

The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.

God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.

He that will take the bird, must not skare it.

He that will take the bird, must not skare it.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more

He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]