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1. Advancement now doth not attend desert

First Line:: Advancement now doth not attend desert
Last Line:: Whose virtue makes their vice more vile appear
Author:: William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13365

2. A worthy mind needs never to repent

First Line:: A worthy mind needs never to repent
Last Line:: Time cannot make a prey of virtuous deeds
DMI number:: 41446

3. And though some make us to be loathed of one

First Line:: And though some make us to be loathed of one
Last Line:: Than with the man whose mind all mercy wants
Author:: William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14355

4. As in fine fields weeds or fat earth abounds

First Line:: As in fine fields weeds or fat earth abounds
Last Line:: Great spirits must do great good or else great ill
Author:: William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14967

5. Lo how the stormy world doth worldlings toss

First Line:: Lo how the stormy world doth worldlings toss
Last Line:: To vice indulgent virtue's step dame still
DMI number:: 41749

6. Man is a crafty creature hard to know

First Line:: Man is a crafty creature hard to know
Last Line:: Whilst we want only means to do the like
Author:: William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:: 16396

7. Of those whose cruelty makes many mourn

First Line:: Of those whose cruelty makes many mourn
Last Line:: Do by the fires which they first kindled burn
Author:: William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14356

8. Pride by presumption bred when at a height

First Line:: Pride by presumption bred when at a height
Last Line:: The loathsome offspring of a hated sire
Author:: William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17317

9. The insolent with vile seditious words

First Line:: The insolent with vile seditious words
Last Line:: And what Mars spared make Mercury confound
Author:: William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14501

10. The only plague from men than rest doth reave

First Line:: The only plague from men than rest doth reave
Last Line:: Is that they weigh their wants not what they have
DMI number:: 41528