Will Cuppy (1884–1949) American writer
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody (1950), Part V: Merrie England, Henry VIII
“He maid thaim na gud fest perfay
And nocht-forthi yneuch had thai.”
Although for food they hungered sore
He sent them drink, enough and more!
Bk. 14, line 363; p. 334.
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