Nicholas Breton Quotes

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I wish my deadly foe, no worse
Than want of friends, and empty purse.

Nicholas Breton

Thus much for thy assurance know;
a hollow friend is but a hellish foe.

Nicholas Breton

Much ado there was, God wot;
He would love and she would not.

Nicholas Breton

Come little babe, come silly soul,
Thy father's shame, thy mother's grief,
Born as I doubt to all our dole,
And to thy self unhappy chief.

Nicholas Breton

Hath another been wounded in the warres, fared hard, lain in a cold bed many a bitter storme, and beene at many a hard banquet? all these have I; another imprisoned? so have I; another long been sicke? so have I; another plagued with an unquiet life? so have I; another indebted to his hearts griefe, and fame would pay and cannot? so am I.

Nicholas Breton

Shall we go dance the hay, the hay?
Never pipe could ever play
Better shepherd's roundelay.

Nicholas Breton

Shall we go learn to kiss, to kiss?
Never heart could ever miss
Comfort, where true meaning is.

Nicholas Breton