Quote#Wisdom
I saye, thou madde Marche hare
Quote byJohn Skelton · 1460–1529
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Replycacion Agaynst Certayne Yong Scolers Abjured of Late, Etc. (printed c. 1528), Lines 35–44, quoted in The Complete English Poems of John Skelton: Revised Edition, ed. John Scattergood (2015), p. 331.
English (original)
I saye, thou madde Marche hare, I wondre howe ye dare Open your janglyng jawes To prech in any clawes, Lyke pratynge poppyng dawes, Agaynst her excellence, Agaynst her reverence, Agaynst her preemynence, Agaynst her magnifycence, That never dyde offence.
— John Skelton
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