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[I haue in the countrie seene at a faire]
I haue in the countrie seene at a faire,Of brethren and sisters many a paire,
That being coupled like man and wife,
Went yet to seruice for terme of life,
But they could neither wash nor wring,
Nor brue, nor bake, nor play, nor sing,
Nor pipe, nor daunce, nor any such thing:
All that they can, is well to keepe
All things, except great flocks of sheepe.
The Riddles of Heraclitus and Democritus | ||