John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
128 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 128 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | It is a deere collop That is cut out of th’ owne flesh. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. x. |
| Note 1. God knows thou art a collop of my flesh.—William Shakespeare: 1 Henry VI. act v. sc. 4. [back] |