… who seeketh two strings to one bow, they may shoot
strong but never straight. And if you suppose that
princes’ causes be veiled so covertly that no intelligence
may bewray them, deceive not yourself: we old foxes can
find shifts to save ourselves by others’ malice, and come
by knowledge of greatest secret, specially if it touch our
freehold.
Letter from Elizabeth I to James VI of Scotland
Weeds are always growing, the great Mother of all living
Creatures, the Earth, is full of feed in her Bowels, and
any stirring gives them heat of the Sun, and being laid
near day, they grow.
A New Orchard and Garden, William Lawson