Whylst grasse, doth growe ofte sterues the seely stéede.

Cassandra, act V, sc. iii | Again, in The Paradise of Daintie Devises (1585) | To whom of old, this Prouerbe well it serues, While grass doth growe, the silly horse he sterues. To whom of old this proverb well it serves, While grass doth grow, the silly horse he starves. | Compare: John Heywood, Proverbs (1562), pt. I, ch. 11: "While the grass groweth the horse sterveth." · Hamlet, act III, sc. ii, l. 359: "Ay, sir, but 'while the grass grows' — the proverb is something musty."