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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Ah, gentle dames! it gars we greet,
To think how mony consels sweet,
How mony lengthened, sage read more
Ah, gentle dames! it gars we greet,
To think how mony consels sweet,
How mony lengthened, sage advices,
The husband frae the wife despises.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
'Tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,
For daws to peck read more
'Tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,
For daws to peck at.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
