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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find read more
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find leash, or band,
For dame that loves to rove?
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.