The Image of Idleness

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Original

  • Marsoye thees duan Guisca ancorne Rog hatre arta

SWF

  • Mars eus dhis duwon gwiska an korn, roy e tre arta

Translation

  • If there is to thee grief to wear the horn, give it back again

Notes

  • Oliver Oldwanton's drama, The Image of Idleness (c. 1565-70), contains three Cornish characters - a Cornish priest named John Polmarghe (who is from Penborgh - a stage Glasney College), Maister Jewgur, and Syr Ogier Penkyles.

Reference

  • John T. Koch: Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia (2006) p. 491