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Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
