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Source: John Bartlett (1820-1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| 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] |
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