Joseph Carnaby.
“He doubted whether punt were punt; I doubted whether owlet were owlet, after Lucifer was away from the roll-call.
“We say, Speak the truth and shame the devil; but shaming him is one thing, your honour, and facing him another! I have heard owlets, but never owlet like him.”
William Shakspeare.
“The Lord be praised! All, at last, a-running to my rescue.
“Owlet, indeed! Your worship may have remembered in an ancient book—indeed, what book is so ancient that your worship doth not remember it?—a book printed by Doctor Faustus—”
Sir Thomas.
“Before he dealt with the devil?”
William Shakspeare.
“Not long before, it being the very book that made the devil think it worth his while to deal with him.”