At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.

At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.

Great Homer's birthplace seven rival cities claim,
Too mighty such monopoly of Fame.

Great Homer's birthplace seven rival cities claim,
Too mighty such monopoly of Fame.

A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.

A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.

Still harping on my daughter.

Still harping on my daughter.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

A man should be religious, not superstitious.

A man should be religious, not superstitious.

Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred
woman.

Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred
woman.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds read more

We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.