This animal is very malicious; when attacked it defends itself. [Fr., Cet animal est tres mechant; Quand on l'attaque il se defend.]

Gluttony kills more than the sword, and is the kindler of all evils. [Lat., Gula plures occidit quam gladius, estque fomes omnium malorum.]

The poor man will praise it so hath he good cause, That all the year eats neither partridge not quail, But sets up his rest and makes up his feast, With a crust of brown bread and a pot of good ale.

In good King Charles's golden days When royalty no harm meant, A zealous high-churchman was I, And so I got preferment.

Over the hills and o'er the main, To Flanders, Portugal and Spain, Queen Anne commands and we'll obey, Over the hills and far away.

When this old cap was new 'Tis since two hundred years.