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

75 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:75
AUTHOR:John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:Beware of, Had I wist. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Proverbes. Part i. Chap. ii.
 
Note 1.
A common exclamation of regret occurring in Spenser, Harrington, and the older writers. An earlier instance of the phrase occurs in the Towneley Mysteries. [back]