John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2075 Thomas Dekker 1570-1632 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2075 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Dekker (1570–1632) |
| QUOTATION: | The best of men That e’er wore earth about him was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Honest Whore. Part i. Act i. Sc. 12. |
| Note 1. Of the offspring of the gentilman Jafeth come Habraham, Moyses, Aron, and the profettys; also the Kyng of the right lyne of Mary, of whom that gentilman Jhesus was borne.—Juliana Berners: Heraldic Blazonry. [back] |