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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

65 John Skelton 1460-1529 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:65
AUTHOR:John Skelton (1460–1529)
QUOTATION:He ruleth all the roste. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Why Come ye not to Courte. Line 198.
 
Note 1.
Rule the rost.—John Heywood: Proverbes, part i. chap. v.

Her that ruled the rost.—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]