but if that time & lesure serue, infaith shee shall not neede to sterue; Some say, 'if I come nye her, then let them doe their worst; while grinding doth endure, [page 461] beest dothe that is chafed [heated]." Palsgrave. "To pant and be out of breath, or lill out the tongue, as a dog that is weary." Florio, p. 15; in Halliwell's Gloss.-F. Lillumwham. [Page 461 of MS.] WITH this poem may be compared another "Burlesque Receipt" for the same purpose in Reliquiæ Antiquæ, i. 250, “A good medesyn, yff a mayd have lost her madened, to make her a mayd ageyn," which is taken, says Mr. Halliwell, "from a copy of Caxton's Mirrour of the World, or th' ymage of the same, fol. Lond. 1481, in the King's Library in the British Museum, fol. ult. v°., written by some owner of the book in the year 1520." A maid and as she 12 THE: maid, shee went to the well to washe, Lillumwham, Lillumwham! the mayd shee went to the well to washe, the maid shee went to the well to washe; Grandam boy, Grandam boy, heye! 8 Leg a derry, Leg a merry, mett, mer, whoope, whir! driuance, larumben, Grandam boy, heye! White1 shee washee, & white1 shee ronge, white' shee hangd o the hazle wand, 1 Is this white for while? There is no loop to the letter, and that makes the difference between the land t in this MS. The white of line 6, and of lines 10 and 12, is exactly the same.-F. 16 20 24 28 32 There came an old Palmer by the way, Lillumwham &c. sais, "god speed thee well thou faire maid!" Saies, "peace, ffaire mayd! you are fforsworne! a palmer asked her for a cup to drink out of. She said she hadn't one. "If your lover came you'd soon find some.' "I never had a lover." "That's a story! You've had 9 children, 40 Grandam boy, heye &c.— "They were buryed vnder thy beds head; Lillumwham &c : other three vnder thy brewing leade2; Grandam boy, hey &c. 1 Three.-P. 2 Lead, a vat for dyeing, &c., Northern a kitchen copper is sometimes so called. and murdered them all!" Halliwell's Gloss. "A forneys of a lecd." Chaucer, Cant. T. Prol. 1. 202.-F. |