Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.
Perils
Ay me! what perils do environ
The man that meddles with cold iron!
Butler—Hudibras. Pt. I. Canto III. L. 1.
Ay me, how many perils doe enfold
The righteous man to make him daily fall!
Spenser—Faerie Queene. Bk. I. Canto VIII. St. 1.