John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
201 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 201 |
AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
QUOTATION: | Though he love not to buy the pig in the poke. 1 |
ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. ix. |
Note 1. For buying or selling of pig in a poke.—Thomas Tusser: Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry. September Abstract. [back] |