John Heywood

I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for
the plays of W. Shakespeare, but all they got was read more

I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for
the plays of W. Shakespeare, but all they got was the collected
works of Francis Bacon.

Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?"This is commonly misquotes as "You can't have you're cake and read more

Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?"This is commonly misquotes as "You can't have you're cake and eat it, too. - John Heywood's Proverbs, 1546.

Yee have many strings to your bowe.

Yee have many strings to your bowe.

The cat would eat fish, and would not wet her feet.

The cat would eat fish, and would not wet her feet.

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.