Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Ballads and Romances, Volume 3N. Trübner & Company, 1868 |
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... doth my Lord ? " " O sicke ! " againe saith hee.11 " I , but rise vp wightlye , man , for shame ! neuer lye soe cowardlye here 12 ! itt 13 is told in my ffathers hall , ffor my loue you will dye.14 " " itt is ffor your Loue , ffayre ...
... doth my Lord ? " " O sicke ! " againe saith hee.11 " I , but rise vp wightlye , man , for shame ! neuer lye soe cowardlye here 12 ! itt 13 is told in my ffathers hall , ffor my loue you will dye.14 " " itt is ffor your Loue , ffayre ...
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... Doth some faire lillye flowre . And ever shee doth lament and weepe To tint her lover soe : Syr Cauline , thou little think'st on mee , But I will still be true . Manye a kinge , and manye a duke , And lords of high degree , Did sue to ...
... Doth some faire lillye flowre . And ever shee doth lament and weepe To tint her lover soe : Syr Cauline , thou little think'st on mee , But I will still be true . Manye a kinge , and manye a duke , And lords of high degree , Did sue to ...
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... doth know , & by these gloues see itt , Lowe ! " shee told him altogether there how hee was begotten of her . & then bespake Sir Degree , " O sweet mother ! " sayd hee , " where is my fathers wooninge , 2 or when heard you of him any ...
... doth know , & by these gloues see itt , Lowe ! " shee told him altogether there how hee was begotten of her . & then bespake Sir Degree , " O sweet mother ! " sayd hee , " where is my fathers wooninge , 2 or when heard you of him any ...
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... doth hee looke , " I wold that shee weer heere ! " [ page 400 ] and hies off to her , 116 while William cooks the fawn . ' [ insert ] he.-P. The MS . is Cishey , for Cis he , or , more probably , Cisley . — F . 2 Cisse hee said.-R. 3 ...
... doth hee looke , " I wold that shee weer heere ! " [ page 400 ] and hies off to her , 116 while William cooks the fawn . ' [ insert ] he.-P. The MS . is Cishey , for Cis he , or , more probably , Cisley . — F . 2 Cisse hee said.-R. 3 ...
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... . William has his venison ready , and Sisely with him . 6 quick . - R . that her purpose he had of sped .-- R . she doth come.-R. 10 did they read.-R. 11 come.- -R . But she says she'd never have come if she'd known YOUNGE CLOUDESLEE . 107.
... . William has his venison ready , and Sisely with him . 6 quick . - R . that her purpose he had of sped .-- R . she doth come.-R. 10 did they read.-R. 11 come.- -R . But she says she'd never have come if she'd known YOUNGE CLOUDESLEE . 107.
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Page 269 - far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.
Page 525 - But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, And well my life shall pay; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay. And there, forlorn, despairing, hid, I'll lay me down and die: 'Twas so for me that Edwin did, And so for him will I.
Page 524 - For still I tried each fickle art, Importunate and vain; And, while his passion touch'd my heart, I triumph'd in his pain: "Till, quite dejected with my scorn, He left me to my pride; And sought a solitude forlorn, In secret, where he died.
Page 395 - To favour him in any thing she was not coy. But at last there came commandment For to set the ladies free, With their jewels still adorned, None to do them injury.
Page 7 - Nowe loud thou lyest, Sir John the knight, Nowe thou doest lye of mee; A knight mee gott, and a ladye me bore, Soe never did none by thee But light nowe downe, my ladye faire, Light downe, and hold my steed, While I and this discourteous knighte Doe trye this arduous deede. But light now downe, my deare ladye, Light downe, and hold my horse; While I and this discourteous knight Doe trye our valour's force.
Page 124 - Bedlam, and will talk franticly of purpose; you see pins stuck in sundry places of his naked flesh, especially in his arms, which pain he gladly puts himself to...
Page 211 - The knight is dust, His good sword rust, His soul is with the saints we trust.
Page 10 - Was with that ladye faire, The kinge her father walked forthe To take the evenyng aire: And into the arboure as he went To rest his wearye feet, He found his daughter and syr Cauline There sette in daliaunce sweet.
Page 39 - After him succeeded, by the general council, one Cock Lorrell, the most notorious knave that ever lived.' . . By trade he was a tinker, often carrying a pan and hammer for shew ; but when he came to a good booty, he would cast his profession into a ditch, and play the padder.
Page 10 - Now, dame, that traitor shall be sent *Across the salt sea fome : But here I will make thee a band, If ever he come within this land, A foule deathe is his doome.