John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
177 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 177 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Have yee him on the hip. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. v. |
| Note 1. I have thee on the hip.—William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, act iv. sc. 1; Othello, act ii. sc. 7. [back] |