"I mean not to run with the Hare and holde with the Hounde."
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P. 107. Compare: "To hold with the hare and run with the hound", John Heywood, Proverbes, Part i, Chap. x.
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John Lyly
1553 β 1606
John Lyly (Lilly or Lylie) (c. 1553 β 1606) was an English writer, best known for his Euphues (1578).
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