John Boys (priest)

thumb|As in Chesse-play, ... when once the game is ended, and the table taken away, then all are confusedly tumbled into a bag. John Boys (1571 – September 1625) was Dean of Canterbury from 1619 to 1625. Quotes As in Chesse-play, so long as the game is in playing, all the men stand in their order, and are respected according to their place; first, the King; then, the Queene; then, the Bishops; after them, the Knights; and last of all, the common Souldier: but when once the game is ended, and the table taken away, then all are confusedly tumbled into a bag, and happily the King is lowest, and the pawne upmost. Even so is it with us in this life; the world is a huge theater or stage, wherein some play the parts of Kings; other, of Bishops; some, Lords; many, Knights; other, Yeomen: but when our Lord shall come with his Angels to judge the world; all are alike. The Workes of John Boys: Doctor in Divinitie and Deane of Canterburie (London: Imprinted for W. Ashley, 1629) "The first Sunday after the Epiphanie", p. 129. See also: Thomas Adams, Commentary on the Second Epistle of St. Peter (1633) · FitzGerald's version of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1859) st. 49 The word work forbids loitering, and the word ministry forbids lording. Attributed in W[illiam] Denton, A Commentary on the Epistles for the Sundays and Other Holy Days of the Christian Year, 3rd ed. (London: George Bell and Sons, 1890) p. 433, note External links "Quote Origin: When the Chess Game Is Over, the King and the Pawn Go Back in the Same Box", Quote Investigator (31 August 2019) Category:1571 births Category:1625 deaths