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Love makes a good eye squint.
Love makes a good eye squint.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
