"Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]"
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"Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an ill, it doubles his fault."
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"Shee spins well that breedes her children."
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"Set good against evill. [Set good against evil.]"
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"Service is no Inheritance."
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"Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee will repay thee."
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"Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him. [Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.]"
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"Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past. [Say no ill of the year till it be past.]"
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"Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead."
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"Rivers neede a spring."
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"Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched."
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"Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul."
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"Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies."
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"Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]"
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"Ready mony is a ready Medicine."
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"Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders."
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"Pull downe your hatt on the winds side."
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"Promising is the eve of giving."
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"Princes are venison in Heaven."
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"Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth."
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