John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
68 John Skelton 1460-1529 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 68 |
| AUTHOR: | John Skelton (1460–1529) |
| QUOTATION: | By hoke ne by croke. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Colyn Cloute. Line 1240. |
| Note 1. In hope her to attain by hook or crook.—Edmund Spenser: Faerie Queene, book iii. canto i. st. 17. [back] |