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

135 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:135
AUTHOR:John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:The cat would eate fish, and would not wet her feete. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Proverbes. Part i. Chap. xi.
 
Note 1.
Shakespeare alludes to this proverb in Macbeth:—
Letting I dare not wait upon I would,
Like the poor cat i’ the adage.

Cat lufat visch, ac he nele his feth wete.—MS. Trinity College, Cambridge, circa 1250. [back]