1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus (new ed.) f. xxxviv As I say in our englyshe prouerbe: Set the hares head against the gose gyblet. [See also 1546 J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 52; 1607 Dekker Westw. Hoe v. iv, Dramatic Wks. 1873, and note.]
1599 H. Porter sig. D4v Tis an olde prouerbe and a true, Goose giblets are good meate, old sacke better then new.