Brewer's: Gammer Gurton's Needle

The earliest comedy but one in the English language. It was “Made by Mr. S., Master of Arts.” The author is said to have been Bishop Still of Bath and Wells (1543-1607).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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