Riches and roads bring brigands hither

Riches and roads bring brigands bold

Brigands deck their ears with hoops of silver

Brigands diz?their ears with hoops of gold

Threshes can make a broom to sweep up threshes

Straws can make a broom to sweep up straw

Spilt milk makes a pool for drowning fishes

Lovers make a virtue of a flaw



Angels above, devils below

Flies on honey

Dogs on a doe

Dogs on a doe



South wind sues the seer with songs of mildness

North wind sues the seer with songs of ice

Kings can make a war to sue for sugar

Queens can make a war to sue for spite



Angels above, ......