Nicholas Udall (1504-1556) was an English playwright, considered one of the representatives of early Elizabethan drama. His works are known for their humor and satire, and have had a profound impact on drama in the later periods.
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“There is nothing wherein their womanliness is more honestly garnished than with silence.”
“That same manne, that renneth awaye,Maye again fight, an other daye.”
“For Myrth prolongeth lyfe, and causeth health.”
Source: Roister Doister: Written, Probably Also Represented, Before 1553
“I am sorie God made me so comely.”
Source: Roister Doister: Written, Probably Also Represented, Before 1553
“Wowers never speede well, that have a false harte.”
Source: Ralph Roister Doister: A Comedy. ¬The Tragedie of Gorboduc
“Since I went no grasse hath growne on my hele.”
Source: Ralph Royster Doyster: A Comedy, Entered on the Books of the Stationers' Company, 1566
“Gay love, God save it, so soone hotte, so soone colde.”
Source: Four tudor comedies
“There hath grown no grass on my heels since I went hence.”
Source: Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister: A One-act Version