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The Bishop he is witty brain
That chooseth Crossest paths to pace,
And evermore he pries with pain
To see who seeks him most disgrace.
Such stragglers when he finds astray,
He takes them up, and throws away.

— Nicholas Breton The Chess Play (1593)

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To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.

We rise with the lark and go to bed with the lamb.

The Court and Country (1618)

When little children first are brought to schoole
A Horne-booke is a necessarie toole.

I wish my deadly foe, no worse
Than want of friends, and empty purse.

Put not thy spirit unto too much paine,
In searching secrets farre above thy skill:
And know a halbert from a hedging bill.

The Mothers Blessing (1602)

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