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a lass ask for 66 “ Once 8 99 more . 12 She was under a lad , They lay soe close together , they made me much to wonder ; I knew not which was wether , vntill I saw her vnder . then off he came , & blusht for shame soe soone that he had ...
a lass ask for 66 “ Once 8 99 more . 12 She was under a lad , They lay soe close together , they made me much to wonder ; I knew not which was wether , vntill I saw her vnder . then off he came , & blusht for shame soe soone that he had ...
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24 The stepmother asks her husband to send him away . Vnto the man the wiffe gan say , “ I wold you wold put this boy awaye , & that right soone in haste ; 28 Trulie he is a cursed ladde 9 ! I wold some other man him hade that wold ...
24 The stepmother asks her husband to send him away . Vnto the man the wiffe gan say , “ I wold you wold put this boy awaye , & that right soone in haste ; 28 Trulie he is a cursed ladde 9 ! I wold some other man him hade that wold ...
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66 64 and asks for food . The boy offers what he has , 5 The old man sayd , “ I hunger sore ; 68 then hast 4 thou any meate in store which thou mightest 5 giue to me ? ” The child 6 replyed , soe god me saue ! to such poore victualls as ...
66 64 and asks for food . The boy offers what he has , 5 The old man sayd , “ I hunger sore ; 68 then hast 4 thou any meate in store which thou mightest 5 giue to me ? ” The child 6 replyed , soe god me saue ! to such poore victualls as ...
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4 finds his father supping , and asks for a help . His ffather att his supper sate , & litle Iacke espyed well thatt , and said to him anon , 148 “ father , all day I kept your neate , Ι at night I pray you giue me some 6 meate , I am ...
4 finds his father supping , and asks for a help . His ffather att his supper sate , & litle Iacke espyed well thatt , and said to him anon , 148 “ father , all day I kept your neate , Ι at night I pray you giue me some 6 meate , I am ...
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... I dare not looke vpon his face , or hardly telllo my shamefull case , soe filthylie I fare ; 192 1 and asks him to beat the boy soundly . I well , not in P. C.-P. 2 Cp . Cotgrave's " Feroce , cruell , fierce , curst , hard - hearted ...
... I dare not looke vpon his face , or hardly telllo my shamefull case , soe filthylie I fare ; 192 1 and asks him to beat the boy soundly . I well , not in P. C.-P. 2 Cp . Cotgrave's " Feroce , cruell , fierce , curst , hard - hearted ...
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| Title | Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4 Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Frederick James Furnivall |
| Author | Thomas Percy |
| Editors | Frederick James Furnivall, John Wesley Hales |
| Contributor | British Library |
| Publisher | N. Trübner, 1867 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 2 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 127 pages |
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