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Who will in time present pleasure refrain, shall in time to come the more pleasure obtain.

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While between two stools my tail go to the ground.

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Let the world wagge, and take mine ease in myne Inne.

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She is nether fish nor flesh, nor good red herring.

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I never heard thy fire once spark,
I never heard thy dog once bark.
I never heard once in thy house
So much as one peep of one mouse.
I never heard thy cat once mew.
These praises are not small nor few.


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She looketh as butter would not melt in her mouth.

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John Heywood

John Heywood

Born: 1497
Died: 1580 (aged 83)
Bio: John Heywood was an English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs. Although he is best known as a playwright, he was also active as a musician and composer, though no works survive.
Known for:
  1. The plays of John Heywood
  2. Assessment in Higher Education
  3. The Play of the Weather (1533)
  4. The play called the Four PP
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