Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... Iacke , well prepared , 11 hied home full right ; - itt was his ordinance ; - 136 And as he went his pipe did blow , the whilest his cattell on a row about him gan to 12 dance ; 1 stareth in my.-P. 2 fart.-P. 3 that.-P. 1 wynd.-P. 5 ...
... Iacke , well prepared , 11 hied home full right ; - itt was his ordinance ; - 136 And as he went his pipe did blow , the whilest his cattell on a row about him gan to 12 dance ; 1 stareth in my.-P. 2 fart.-P. 3 that.-P. 1 wynd.-P. 5 ...
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... Iacke espyed well thatt , and said to him anon , 148 " father , all day I kept your neate , [ page 99. ] at night I pray you giue me some meate , I am hungrye , by Saint Iohn ! " Meateless I haue lyen all the day , 152 & kept your ...
... Iacke espyed well thatt , and said to him anon , 148 " father , all day I kept your neate , [ page 99. ] at night I pray you giue me some meate , I am hungrye , by Saint Iohn ! " Meateless I haue lyen all the day , 152 & kept your ...
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... Iacke did stand , keeping his beasts alone . [ page 100. ] " Now , boy , " he sayd , " god giue thee shame ! what hast thou done to thy stepdame ? and asks him to beat the boy soundly . The friar agrees . Next day the boy goes afield as ...
... Iacke did stand , keeping his beasts alone . [ page 100. ] " Now , boy , " he sayd , " god giue thee shame ! what hast thou done to thy stepdame ? and asks him to beat the boy soundly . The friar agrees . Next day the boy goes afield as ...
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... Iacke hitt the bird vpon the head soe right that shee fell downe for dead , noe further cold shee flee . ffast to the bush the fryar went , 236 & 240 vp the bird in hand7 hee hent , 8 much wondering at the chance . Meane while Iacke ...
... Iacke hitt the bird vpon the head soe right that shee fell downe for dead , noe further cold shee flee . ffast to the bush the fryar went , 236 & 240 vp the bird in hand7 hee hent , 8 much wondering at the chance . Meane while Iacke ...
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... Iacke , as he piped , laught amonge 6 ; the fryar with bryars was vildlye stunge , he hopped wonderous hye . 256 Att last the fryar held vp his hand , & said , " I can noe longer stand ! Oh ! I shall dancing dye ! " Gentle Iacke , thy ...
... Iacke , as he piped , laught amonge 6 ; the fryar with bryars was vildlye stunge , he hopped wonderous hye . 256 Att last the fryar held vp his hand , & said , " I can noe longer stand ! Oh ! I shall dancing dye ! " Gentle Iacke , thy ...
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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 77 - We weare more fantastical fashions than any nation under the sun doth, the French only excepted ; which hath given occasion to the Venetian, and other Italians, to brand the Englishman with a notable mark of levity, by painting him stark naked, with a pair of shears in his hand, making his fashion of attire according to the vain conception of his brain-sick head, not to comeliness and decorum.
Page 32 - Psalmes, or Songs of Sion, turned into the language, and set to the tunes of a strange land...