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Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
We ne'er shall look upon his like again.
We ne'er shall look upon his like again.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find read more
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find leash, or band,
For dame that loves to rove?
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
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.