Shakespeare

[Scylax]

Where exactly would I find Shakespeare's description of a glutton, which goes (I think):

'He so o'ercloys his system with his cates that commonly they do him little good '

[mycatis]

ok not sure, try "Alls well that ends well" sorry I cant be more specific

[Litchick]

Could it be one of the descriptions Hamlet uses for Claudius?

[winifred]

I don't think this is a correct Shakespeare quotation. You may be thinking of Antony and Cleopatra or Henry IV part 1 which have food references. You can look up words in Shakespeare on courses.yahoo.com/reference/shakespeare/plays or just tap Shakespeare quotations into google to bring up the site.

[Scylax]

Thanks, Winifred - will follow this lead. I,m not at all sure whether 'o'ercloys' should read 'surcloys', and it may refer to Falstaff.  It sounds Falstaffian.

Odd, isn't it, how a phrase, appropos of nothing in particular, stays in the memory ?