Bowe Quotes

Is it not true which Seneca reporteth, that as too much bending breaketh the bowe, so too much remission spoyleth the minde? (John Lyly)
Ful weel she soong the service dyvyne, Entuned in hir nose ful semely, And Frenssh she spak ful faire and fetisly, After the scole of Stratford atte Bowe, For Frenssh of Parys was to hire unknowe. View quote
Geoffrey Chaucer
That muche is my bowe bent to shoote at these marks, And kyll feare, when the sky falth we shall haue larks. View quote
John Heywood
Yee have many strings to your bowe. View quote
John Heywood
O yowthe allas why wilt thow nat enclyne, And un-to reuled reform bowe thee? Syn resoun is the verray streighte lyne Þat ledith folk un-to felicitee. View quote
Thomas Occleve