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Though he love not to buy the pig in the poke.
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Though ye loue not to bye the pyg in the poke,
Yet snatche ye at the poke, that the pyg is in,
Not for the poke, but the pyg good chepe to wyn.
John Heywood
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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John Heywood
Born:
1497
Died:
1580
(aged 83)
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