A pedant writes: it is Ben Johnson, from “Every Man in his Humour” (note spelling, you Americans!). Act 1, Scene 4. Shakespug got it almost right: the quote is actually:" Helter skelter, hang sorrow, care ’ll kill a Cat, up-tails all, and a Louse for the Hangman."
A pedant writes: it is Ben Johnson, from “Every Man in his Humour” (note spelling, you Americans!). Act 1, Scene 4. Shakespug got it almost right: the quote is actually:" Helter skelter, hang sorrow, care ’ll kill a Cat, up-tails all, and a Louse for the Hangman."