Source: John Bartlett (1820-1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.   1     There is nothynge that more dyspleaseth God, Than from theyr children to spare the r0d. 1           Magnyfycence. Line 1954. 2     He ruleth all the roste. 2           Why Come ye not to Courte. Line 198. 3     In the spight of his teeth. 3           Colyn Cloute. Line 939. 4     He knew what is what. 4           Colyn Cloute. Line 1106. 5     By hoke ne by croke. 5           Colyn Cloute. Line 1240. 6     The wolfe from the dore.           Colyn Cloute. Line 1531. 7     Old proverbe says, That byrd ys not honest That fyleth hys owne nest. 6           Poems against Garnesche.   Note 1. He that spareth the r0d hateth his son.—Proverbs xiii. 24. They spare the r0d and spoyl the child.—Ralph Venning: Mysteries and Revelations (second ed.), p. 5. 1649. Spare the r0d and spoil the child.—Samuel Butler: Hudibras, pt. ii. c. i. l. 843. [back] Note 2. Rule the rost.—John Heywood: Proverbes, part i. chap. v. Her that ruled the roost.—Thomas Heywood: History of Women. Rules the roast.—Ben Jonson, George Chapman, Marston: Eastward Ho, act ii. sc. 1. William Shakespeare: 2 Henry VI. act i. sc. 1. [back] Note 3. In spite of my teeth.—Thomas Middleton: A Trick to catch the Old One, act i. sc. 2. Henry Fielding: Eurydice Hissed. [back] Note 4. He knew what ’s what.—Samuel Butler: Hudibras, part i. canto i. line 149. [back] Note 5. In hope her to attain by hook or crook.—Edmund Spenser: Faerie Queene, book iii. canto i. st. 17. [back] Note 6. It is a foule byrd that fyleth his owne nest.—John Heywood: Proverbes, part ii. chap. v. [back] Skelton | Biography | Works | Links | Essays | Renaissance Literature | Renaissance Drama | Luminarium to John Skelton Site copyright ©1996-2007 Anniina Jokinen. All rights reserved. Created by Anniina Jokinen on May 3, 2007.