75. John Heywood. 1497?-1580? John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	75
AUTHOR:	John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:	Beware of, Had I wist. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Proverbes. Part i. Chap. ii.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.

Note 1.
A common exclamation of regret occurring in Spenser, Harrington, and the older writers. An earlier instance of the phrase occurs in the Towneley Mysteries. [back]

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