John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2123 Robert Burton 1577-1640 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2123 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (1577–1640) |
| QUOTATION: | Joh. Mayor, in the first book of his “History of Scotland,” contends much for the wholesomeness of oaten bread; it was objected to him, then living at Paris, that his countrymen fed on oats and base grain…. And yet Wecker out of Galen calls it horse-meat, and fitter juments than men to feed on. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Part i. Sect. 2, Memb. 2, Subsect. 1. |
| Note 1. Oats,—a grain which is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.—Samuel Johnson: Dictionary of the English Language. [back] |