Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature - Unknown

The Just Italian. Act v. Sc. 1.

For angling-rod he took a sturdy oake;[217:2]

For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke;

His hooke was such as heads the end of pole

To pluck down house ere fire consumes it whole;

The hook was baited with a dragon's tale,—

And then on rock he stood to bob for whale.

Britannia Triumphans. Page 15. 1637.

[217:1] From ignorance our comfort flows.—Prior: To the Hon. Charles Montague.