“Sir! do not listen to that lewd reviler; I wager ten groats I prove him to be wrong in his scent. Joseph Carnaby is righteous and discreet.”
William Shakspeare.
“By daylight and before the parson. Bears and boars are tame creatures, and discreet, in the sunshine and after dinner.”
Euseby Treen.
“I do know his down-goings and uprisings.”
William Shakspeare.
“The man and his wife are one, saith holy Scripture.”
Euseby Treen.
“A sober-paced and rigid man, if such there be. Few keep Lent like unto him.”
William Shakspeare.