Marke ye, how she hitteth me on the thombis (quoth hée)
And ye taunt me tyt ouer thumb (quoth shée)
Sens tyt for tat (quoth I) on euen hand is set.
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Mark you, how she hits me on the thumbs, said he. And you taunt me tit over thumb, said she. Since tit for tat, said I, on even hand is set.
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Part II, chapter 4.John Heywood
True (quoth Ales) thinges doone can not be vndoone,
Be they done in due tyme, to late, or to soone,
But better late than neuer to repent this,
To late (quoth my aunt) this repentance showd is,
Whan the stéede is stolne shut the stable durre.John Heywood
Much suspected by me,
Nothing proved can be,
Quoth Elizabeth prisoner.Elizabeth I of England
I have got him fast hung up, quoth Didius to himself, upon one of the two horns of my dilemma — let him get off as he can.
Laurence Sterne
Quoth she, I 've heard old cunning stagers
Say fools for arguments use wagers.Samuel (poet Butler
Rome was not built in one daie (quoth he) and yet stood
Till it was finist, as some say, full faire.John Heywood
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