"Would any but these boiled brains of nineteen and two-and-twenty
hunt this weather?"
- The Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare aka Francis Bacon

Again (see next entry), two-and-twenty occurs next to an implied "22", in this case boiled brains.

Here is a dear, a true industrious friend,
      Sir Walter Blunt, new lighted from his horse.
      Stain'd with the variation of each soil
      Betwixt that Holmedon and this seat of ours;
      And he hath brought us smooth and welcome news.
      The Earl of Douglas is discomfited:
      Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty knights,
      Balk'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see
      On Holmedon's plains. Of prisoners, Hotspur took
      Mordake the Earl of Fife, and eldest son
      To beaten Douglas; and the Earl of Athol,
      Of Murray, Angus, and Menteith:
      And is not this an honourable spoil?
      A gallant prize? ha, cousin, is it not?
- from First Part of Henry IV, William Shakespeare aka Francis Bacon

Now, what follows the "two and twenty" knights? Balk'd in their own blood. B and b: 2 and 2. Thus, the two and twenty knights called forth immediately another 22.

my friend wrote:

"i've been asking this for years, i know the catch is 22, but WHY 22?
why not 4 or 31? why 22?
you know, of course, that i collect 22's...
kauai is on lat 22. my name and birth-times, according to some body at some time told me i am a 22, and i attract 22s.
and so many of my numbers, ss #, auto lic tag, phone, many many - well most - have 22. i am surrounded by 22's and i also see them as swans kissing when one of them turns around and their cute beaks touch.
ahhhh, romantic.
my gmt birth is 11:44am and i rewrite that as 2:22 22 . i met X in 1984=22. and we divorced in 2004 ( 2 00 22). and it continues to show up no matter where i look, there it is. when i'm driving, i notice a car with 22 on the tag. may not see the car or the driver, but i see the tag.
my phone number is X22-2XXX, my cell is XXX-7224. i didn't ask for these numbers. my car tag is 322. anyway - my brother was born on 8/22 and i usually think that's my birthday and someone made a mistake...my birthday is 8/25 . we usually celebrated both on the 23 or 24th. my spirit feels 8/22 is my day.
i often wear a tutu and own 2 of them.
and they are too-too much!!!
tahitian for grandmother is tutu..."