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Page 378
... fortunes fault accuse , Sith they know best , what is the best for them : For they to each such fortune doe diffuse , As they doe know each can most aptly vse . For not that , which men couet most , is best , Nor that thing worst ...
... fortunes fault accuse , Sith they know best , what is the best for them : For they to each such fortune doe diffuse , As they doe know each can most aptly vse . For not that , which men couet most , is best , Nor that thing worst ...
Page 496
... fortune , where I may it mend For worse than that I haue , I cannot meete . Wide is the world I wote and euerie streete Is full of fortunes , and aduentures straunge Continuallie subiect vnto chaunge . Say my faire brother now , if this ...
... fortune , where I may it mend For worse than that I haue , I cannot meete . Wide is the world I wote and euerie streete Is full of fortunes , and aduentures straunge Continuallie subiect vnto chaunge . Say my faire brother now , if this ...
Page 501
... fortune doth you secret fauour giue . Foolish Foxe ( said the Mule ) thy wretched need Praiseth the thing that doth thy sorrow breed . For well I weene , thou canst not but enuie My wealth , compar'd to thine owne miserie , That art so ...
... fortune doth you secret fauour giue . Foolish Foxe ( said the Mule ) thy wretched need Praiseth the thing that doth thy sorrow breed . For well I weene , thou canst not but enuie My wealth , compar'd to thine owne miserie , That art so ...
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againe appeare armes backe beare beast beautie better brought cause cruell dead deare death deepe delight doth downe earth euer euery eyes face faire fall farre feare fell fight force fortune gentle goodly grace ground hand hard hart hast hath haue hauing head heard heare heauen hight himselfe honour hope knight Lady land late learned leaue light liue liuing looke Lord loue meanes mightie mind mote neuer noble nought paine passe plaine powre Prince Queene rest seeke seeme seene selfe shame shepheards shew shield side sight sonne soone sore Spenser strong sweet tell thee thereof things thou thought turne vaine vnder vnto vpon whiles wight wise wont woods wound wretched