"A Welshman and an Englishman disputed Which of their lands maintained the greatest state; The Englishman the Welshman quite confuted, Yet would the Welshman naught his brags abate. "Ten cooks," quoth he, "in Wales one wedding sees." "True," quoth the other, "each man toasts his cheese.""
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Henry Parrot
1600 – 1626
Henry Parrot (fl. 1600–1626) was an English epigrammatist.
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