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81.
Speak what thou knowst is right and scorn to use
First Line:
Speak what thou knowst is right and scorn to use
Last Line:
Who change their colour as they change their seat
DMI number:
30324
82.
Supply the beggars wants without delay
First Line:
Supply the beggars wants without delay
Last Line:
Receive the exiled and conduct the blind
DMI number:
30314
83.
Strangers with townsmen hold in like esteem
First Line:
Strangers with townsmen hold in like esteem
Last Line:
For man has not on earth a certain home
DMI number:
30320
84.
The head and face the ram doth rule
First Line:
The head and face the ram doth rule
Last Line:
And fishes guide the feet
DMI number:
12982
85.
The fair to folly easy to be led
First Line:
The fair to folly easy to be led
Last Line:
Trust no complexion too far with thy wife
DMI number:
41926
86.
The breath of man is god's own image sent
First Line:
The breath of man is god's own image sent
Last Line:
Borne on the pinions of the floating air
DMI number:
30347
87.
The love of money is that fertile root
First Line:
The love of money is that fertile root
Last Line:
Whence all the various kinds of evil shoot
DMI number:
30322
88.
The love of virtue wears a beauteous face
First Line:
The love of virtue wears a beauteous face
Last Line:
But lust ignoble passion breeds disgrace
DMI number:
30333
89.
The many sorrows that are heirs to breath
First Line:
The many sorrows that are heirs to breath
Last Line:
Princes and kings are all mowed down to dust
DMI number:
41901
90.
The red wise the brown trusty
First Line:
The red wise the brown trusty
Last Line:
The pale peevish the black lusty
DMI number:
41944
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