Biblical Limericks: That’s Not in the Bible II

I am sure that this will sound wild
but, please, don’t let yourself get riled;
though it’s quoted each day
the bible does not say,
“Spare the rod and spoil the child.”

Despite the popular misconception that it's Proverbs 13: 24, it was actually a 17^th century poet – Samuel  Butler – in the narrative poem Hudibras