University of Virginia Library

Search this document 
The Scourge of Folly

Consisting of satyricall Epigrams, And others in honour of many noble Persons and worthy friends, together, with a pleasant (though discordant) Descant upon most English Proverbs and others [by John Davies]

expand section 

340

[Some Lasses haue eaten a stake to the end]

Some Lasses haue eaten a stake to the end:
Their Bellies are so big that their Backes will not bend.