Honour, the spur that pricks the princely mind, To follow rule and climb the stately chair.

- George Peele

Fair maid, white and red, Comb me smooth, and stroke my head; And every hair a sheave shall be, And every sheave a golden tree.

- George Peele

Live or die, sink or swim.

- George Peele

My merry, merry, merry roundelay Concludes with Cupid's curse, They that do change old love for new, Pray gods, they change for worse!

- George Peele

God in the whizzing of a pleasant wind Shall march upon the tops of mulberry trees.

- George Peele

Parish me no parishes.

- George Peele

Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen; Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green.

- George Peele

His golden locks Time hath to silver turned, O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing! His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned, But sp…

- George Peele