Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... Cupids measures And cause for true Loves pleasures , Be daned around , Let all contentment For mirth's presentment this day be found 2 : And may the grass grow ever green where we two lying have oft been trying More severall wayes than ...
... Cupids measures And cause for true Loves pleasures , Be daned around , Let all contentment For mirth's presentment this day be found 2 : And may the grass grow ever green where we two lying have oft been trying More severall wayes than ...
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... Cupids bande ; I pray thee leaue thy foolinge , heyda ! by my faith & troth I cannot : heyda , fie ! what ? doe you meane to be soe bold ? I must cry out ! I cannot holde : heyda , fie ! " " what a deale of doe is here , is here , is ...
... Cupids bande ; I pray thee leaue thy foolinge , heyda ! by my faith & troth I cannot : heyda , fie ! what ? doe you meane to be soe bold ? I must cry out ! I cannot holde : heyda , fie ! " " what a deale of doe is here , is here , is ...
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... . O fairest ! deny me not ; let me en- joy thee ! Cupid will blind all spies . You were made for me alone . Let us em- brace ! Man , you will enter me . What will spies say ? If you tell any one , I'm undone . 24 47 BE NOT AFRAYD.
... . O fairest ! deny me not ; let me en- joy thee ! Cupid will blind all spies . You were made for me alone . Let us em- brace ! Man , you will enter me . What will spies say ? If you tell any one , I'm undone . 24 47 BE NOT AFRAYD.
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... , thinking there his loue to find sporting on a round , A round which Maidens vse to go ; Cupid bidds itt shold bee soe , because all men were made for her hỹ & c . 1 tripping . - P . T Men that More : [ Page 201 of MS.
... , thinking there his loue to find sporting on a round , A round which Maidens vse to go ; Cupid bidds itt shold bee soe , because all men were made for her hỹ & c . 1 tripping . - P . T Men that More : [ Page 201 of MS.
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... there is one that perhapps may beguile yee , the blind boy ; so coy they say no . Yet Cupid will pierce their hearts . 1 ? MS . yord.-F. 2 for they.-F. E Young maids may 16 get burnt 20 like flies in 59 MEN THAT MORE.
... there is one that perhapps may beguile yee , the blind boy ; so coy they say no . Yet Cupid will pierce their hearts . 1 ? MS . yord.-F. 2 for they.-F. E Young maids may 16 get burnt 20 like flies in 59 MEN THAT MORE.
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BALLADS and ROMANCES belly BOKES Cambridge cannott Cock Lorell codlings Colchester Castle cold copy Cupid dad ont dance delight devill doth Dulcina edited euery F. J. Furnivall father ffinis ffins ffor ffrom ffull FITZEDWARD HALL FLORIS AND BLANCHEFLOUR Folio frere.-P friar fryar fryer furmitree gaue ging &c giue Grandam boy hart hath haue heere hey &c heyda heye HUMOROUS SONGS Iacke Jack Jonson's kisse leaue lett Lillumwham &c litle liue LOOSE and HUMOROUS loue louers maid Masques mayd meate melio shance merry neuer night Officiall Panche Percy Folio Percy's Phillips.-F PIERS PLOWMAN pipe pleasure Poems printed quoth shee sate sayd shee cryes shee wold shold stanza sweet take heede &c tell thee thou Tom Longe tune vnder vnto vpon W. W. Skeat wench Wheatley wiffe woman yett
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