Gyle Hather
GYLE HATHER
He that will stand by his master when he is at dinner, and bid him eat no raw meat, because he would [prefer to] eat it himself. This is a . . . knave that would make his master believe that the cow is wood[en].
-John Awdeley's The Fraternitye of Vacabonds, 1565
from: Jeffrey Kacirk's Long Lost Insults: Forgotten English III Knowledge Cards
He that will stand by his master when he is at dinner, and bid him eat no raw meat, because he would [prefer to] eat it himself. This is a . . . knave that would make his master believe that the cow is wood[en].
-John Awdeley's The Fraternitye of Vacabonds, 1565
from: Jeffrey Kacirk's Long Lost Insults: Forgotten English III Knowledge Cards