John Skelton. Circa 1460-1529.
There is nothynge that more dyspleaseth God,
Than from theyr children to spare the rod.[8:1]
Magnyfycence. Line 1954.
He ruleth all the roste.[8:2]
Why Come ye not to Courte. Line 198.
In the spight of his teeth.[8:3]
Colyn Cloute. Line 939.
He knew what is what.[8:4]
Colyn Cloute. Line 1106.
By hoke ne by croke.[8:5]
Colyn Cloute. Line 1240.
The wolfe from the dore.
Colyn Cloute. Line 1531.
Old proverbe says,
That byrd ys not honest
That fyleth hys owne nest.[8:6]
Poems against Garnesche.
Footnotes
[8:1] He that spareth the rod hateth his son.—Proverbs xiii. 24.
They spare the rod and spoyl the child.—Ralph Venning: Mysteries and Revelations (second ed.), p. 5. 1649.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.—Butler: Hudibras, pt. ii. c. i. l. 843.
[8:2] Rule the rost.—Heywood: Proverbes, part i. chap. v.
Her that ruled the rost.—Thomas Heywood: History of Women.
Rules the roast.—Jonson, Chapman, Marston: Eastward Ho, act ii. sc. 1. Shakespeare: 2 Henry VI. act i. sc. 1.
[8:3] In spite of my teeth.—Middleton: A Trick to catch the Old One, act i. sc. 2. Fielding: Eurydice Hissed.
[8:4] He knew what 's what.—Butler: Hudibras, part i. canto i. line 149.
[8:5] In hope her to attain by hook or crook.—Spenser: Faerie Queene, book iii. canto i. st. 17.
[8:6] It is a foule byrd that fyleth his owne nest.—Heywood: Proverbes, part ii. chap. v.