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Richard Corbet
5 quotes
“Let others write for glory or reward, Truth is well paid when she is sung and heard.”
Richard Corbet (1582–1635) said by 1635 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wish thee, Vin, before all wealth, Both bodily and ghostly health: ... I wish thee all thy mothers graces, Thy father’s fortunes, and his places. I wish thee friends, and one at Court, Not to build on, but support; To keep thee, not in doing many Oppressions, but from suffering any.”
Richard Corbet (1582–1635) said by 1635 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Farewell, Rewards and Faeries, Good Housewives now may say, For now foule Slutts in Dairies Doe fare as well as they; And though they sweepe theyr Hearths no less Than Maydes were wont to doe, Yet who of late for Cleaneliness Finds sixe-pence in her Shoe?”
Richard Corbet (1582–1635) said by 1635 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But, since of late, Elizabeth, And later James, came in, They never daunc’d on any heath As when the Time hath bin.By which wee note the Faries Were of the old Profession; Theyre Songs were Ave Maryes, Theyre Daunces were Procession.”
Richard Corbet (1582–1635) said by 1635 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Boldly I preach, hate a cross, hate a surplice, Mitres, copes, and rotchets: Come hear me pray nine times a day, And fill your heads with crotchets.”
Richard Corbet (1582–1635) said by 1635 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source