John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
145 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 145 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Set all at sixe and seven. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. xi. |
| Note 1. Set all on sex and seven.—Geoffrey Chaucer: Troilus and Cresseide, book iv. line 623; also Towneley Mysteries. At six and seven.—William Shakespeare: Richard II. act ii. sc. 2. [back] |