For Myrth prolongeth lyfe, and causeth health

Quote byNicholas Udall · 1505–1557

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ralph Roister Doister (c. 1553), Prologue..

English (original)

For Myrth prolongeth lyfe, and causeth health.

— Nicholas Udall

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Since I went no grasse hath growne on my hele.

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I am sorie God made me so comely.

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That same manne, that renneth awaye, Maye again fight, an other daye.

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