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W . C. Mathias , going to Amsterdam , IT was a puritanicall ladd that was called Mathyas , & he wold goe to Amsterdam to speake with Ananyas . he had not gone past halfe a mile , but he mett his holy sister ; hee layd his bible vnder ...
W . C. Mathias , going to Amsterdam , IT was a puritanicall ladd that was called Mathyas , & he wold goe to Amsterdam to speake with Ananyas . he had not gone past halfe a mile , but he mett his holy sister ; hee layd his bible vnder ...
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As the actors , as well as the spectators , varied at each , it became necessary to vary the language ; and Jonson , who always attended the presentation of his pieces , was called on for additions adapted to the performers and the ...
As the actors , as well as the spectators , varied at each , it became necessary to vary the language ; and Jonson , who always attended the presentation of his pieces , was called on for additions adapted to the performers and the ...
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The present song is the answer to the following question of Puppy's to the gipsy Patrico : — “ But I pray , sir , if a man might ask on you , how came your Captain's place first to be called the Devil's Arse ?
The present song is the answer to the following question of Puppy's to the gipsy Patrico : — “ But I pray , sir , if a man might ask on you , how came your Captain's place first to be called the Devil's Arse ?
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His stomacke was queasie , he came thither coachet , 2 the logging itt 3 made some crudityes ryse ; to helpe itt hee Called for a puritan pochet that vsed to turne up the eggs of his eyes . 6 And soe recovered to 5 his wish , he sett ...
His stomacke was queasie , he came thither coachet , 2 the logging itt 3 made some crudityes ryse ; to helpe itt hee Called for a puritan pochet that vsed to turne up the eggs of his eyes . 6 And soe recovered to 5 his wish , he sett ...
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7 These gott him soe feirce a stomacke againe , that now he wants meate wheron to ffeeda : 8 he called for the victualls were drest for his traine , and they brought him vp an alepotrida , 9 Wherin were 10 mingled courtier , 11 clowne ...
7 These gott him soe feirce a stomacke againe , that now he wants meate wheron to ffeeda : 8 he called for the victualls were drest for his traine , and they brought him vp an alepotrida , 9 Wherin were 10 mingled courtier , 11 clowne ...
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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.
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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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