Quote#Wisdom
Those that be washen wyll not take scabbe after (if they haue…
Quote byAnthony Fitzherbert · 1470–1538
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The book of the husbandry (1523/1882), p. 47..
English (original)
Those that be washen wyll not take scabbe after (if they haue sufficient meate); for that is the beste grease that is to a shepe, to grease hym in the mouthe with good meate.
— Anthony Fitzherbert
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