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1504–1556 England
Nicholas Udall, Uvedale or Yevedale (c. 25 December 1504 – c. 22 December 1556) was an English dramatist, educator and humanist scholar. His best-known play, Ralph Roister Doister, is usually considered the first English-language comedy.
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Gay love, God save it, so soone hotte, so soone colde.
Ralph Roister Doister (1553)
Wowers never speede well, that have a false harte.
Ralph Roister Doister (1553)
Yea, Custance, better (they say) a bad excuse than none.
Ralph Roister Doister (1553)
That same manne, that renneth awaye,
For Myrth prolongeth lyfe, and causeth health.
Ralph Roister Doister (1553)
As the kynde of women is naturally geuen to the vyce of muche bablynge there is nothyng wherein theyr womanlynesse is more honestlie garnyshed than with sylence.
Since I went no grasse hath growne on my hele.
Ralph Roister Doister (1553)
I am sorie God made me so comely.
Ralph Roister Doister (1553)
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