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

179 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:179
AUTHOR:John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:It had need to bee
A wylie mouse that should breed in the cats eare. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. v.
 
Note 1.
A hardy mouse that is bold to breede
In cattis eeris.
Order of Foles. MS. circa 1450. [back]