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A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
