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With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to read more
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to recall it.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.