An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.

An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.

We plough the sand on the sea shore.

We plough the sand on the sea shore.

For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.

For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.

He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.

He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.

Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]

I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be my master.]

The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.

The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.

Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.

Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.

A child correct behind and not before.

A child correct behind and not before.