John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4388 Thomas Pery 1729-1811 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4388 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Percy (1729–1811) |
| QUOTATION: | King Stephen was a worthy peere, His breeches cost him but a croune; He held them sixpence all too deere, Therefore he call’d the taylor loune. He was a wight of high renowne, And those but of a low degree; Itt ’s pride that putts the countrye doune, Then take thine old cloake about thee. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Take thy old Cloak about Thee. |
| Note 1. The first stanza is quoted in full, and the last line of the second, by Shakespeare in “Othello,” act ii. sc. 3. [back] |