Poem by John Heywood

Of Few Words

Few words show men wise, wise men do devise;
Which is ofttime true, and oft otherwise.
In some case silence may as stiffly stand
With folly, as with wisdom, wisely scanned.

1. Of Holding an Inn
2. Of a Hand-gun and a Hand
3. Of Treading a Shoe Awry
4. Of Dogs and Thieves
5. Of Foreknowledge

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