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About Nicholas Udall

Nicholas Udall, Uvedale or Yevedale (c. 25 December 1504 – c. 22 December 1556) was an English dramatist, educator and humanist scholar. His best-known play, Ralph Roister Doister, is usually considered the first English-language comedy.

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“I am sorie God made me so comely.”
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“For Myrth prolongeth lyfe, and causeth health.”
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“Since I went no grasse hath growne on my hele.”
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“Gay love, God save it, so soone hotte, so soone colde.”
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“Yea, Custance, better (they say) a bad excuse than none.”
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Nicholas Udall on Women

“As the kynde of women is naturally geuen to the vyce of muche bablynge there is nothyng wherein theyr womanlynesse is more honestlie garnyshed than with sylence.”
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About Nicholas Udall

Nicholas Udall, Uvedale or Yevedale (c. 25 December 1504 – c. 22 December 1556) was an English dramatist, educator and humanist scholar. His best-known play, Ralph Roister Doister, is usually considered the first English-language comedy.