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

— Nicholas Breton The Mothers Blessing (1602)

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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.

Much ado there was, God wot;
He woold love, and she woold not,
She sayd, "Never man was trewe;"
He sayes, "None was false to you."

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