Quote#Wisdom
Her that ruled the rost in the kitchen
Quote byThomas Heywood · 1574–1641
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: History of Women (ed. 1624), p. 286. Compare: "He ruleth all the roste", John Skelton, Why Come ye not to Courte (published c. 1550), Line 198; "Rule the rost", John Heywood, Proverbs (1546) part i. chap. v.; "Rules the roast", Ben Jonson, George Chapman, Marston: Eastward Ho, act ii. sc. 1.; Willia.
English (original)
Her that ruled the rost in the kitchen.
— Thomas Heywood
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