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An old cat sports not with her prey.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
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He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.
Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.
And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
