John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
109 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 109 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Cut my cote after my cloth. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. viii. |
| Note 1. A relic of the Sumptuary Laws. One of the earliest instances occurs, 1530, in the interlude of Godly Queene Hester. [back] |