Francis Bacon: Like strawberry wives, that laid two or three great strawberries at the mouth of their pot, and all the rest were little

Like strawberry wives, that laid two or three great strawberries at the mouth of — Francis Bacon

Like strawberry wives, that laid two or three great strawberries at the mouth of their pot, and all the rest were little ones.

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