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Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.
The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
