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This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.