John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
135 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 135 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | The cat would eate fish, and would not wet her feete. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. xi. |
| Note 1. Shakespeare alludes to this proverb in Macbeth:— Letting I dare not wait upon I would, Like the poor cat i’ the adage. Cat lufat visch, ac he nele his feth wete.—MS. Trinity College, Cambridge, circa 1250. [back] |