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(For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four / which it cannot bear: for a servant when he reigneth; and / a fool when he is filled with meat; for an odious woman / when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her / mistress. -- PROV. XXX. 21, 22, 23.)
Three things make earth unquiet, / And four she cannot brook; / The godly Agur counted them / And put them in a book -- / Those Four Tremendous Curses / With which mankind is cursed: / But a Servant when He Reigneth / Old Agur counted first.