Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Strike
Strike, but hear me.
Rollin’s Ancient Hist.—Book VI. Chap. II. Sect. 8; quoting Plutarch. (Themistocles to Eurybiades.)
Strike now, or else the iron cools.
Shakespeare.—King Henry VI., Part III. Act V. Scene 1. (Gloster to Warwick.)