Martin Parker Quotes

Martin Parker was an English ballad writer, and probably a London tavern-keeper.

✵ 1624 – 1647
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Famous Martin Parker Quotes

“Ye gentlemen of England
That live at home at ease,
Ah! little do you think upon
The dangers of the seas.”

Martin Parker

Ye Gentlemen of England, (c. 1630), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“In ancient times all things were cheape
'Tis good to look before you leape
When come is ripe 'tis time to reape.”

Martin Parker

The Roxburghe Ballads (c. 1630), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“When the stormy winds do blow.”

Martin Parker

Ye Gentlemen of England, (c. 1630), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow", Thomas Campbell, Ye Mariners of England.

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