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He that well his warke beginneth
The rather a good ende he winneth.

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A king may spille, a king may save;
A king may make of lorde a knave;
And of a knave a lorde also.

The beauté faye upon her face
Non erthly thing it may desface.

He that woll maister be,
He mot [must] be servant to pite.

Confessio Amantis (1390)

But in proverbe I have herde say,
That who that wel his werk beginneth,
The rather a good end he winneth.

He hath the sor which no man heleth,
The which is cleped lack of herte.

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