John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
139 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 139 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Yee have many strings to your bowe. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. xi. |
| Note 1. Two strings to his bow.—Richard Hooker: Polity, book v. chap. lxxx. George Chapman: D’ Ambois, act ii. sc. 3. Samuel Butler: Hudibras, part iii. canto i. line 1. Churchill: The Ghost, book iv. Henry Fielding: Love in Several Masques, sc. 13. [back] |