Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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Page 35
... 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 her breeche , & merylye hee kist her . " Alas ! what wold they wicked say ...
... 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 her breeche , & merylye hee kist her . " Alas ! what wold they wicked say ...
Page 37
... called on for additions adapted to the performers and the place . These unfortunately are not very dis- tinctly marked either in the MS . or the printed copies , though occasional notices of them appear in the former . As everything ...
... called on for additions adapted to the performers and the place . These unfortunately are not very dis- tinctly marked either in the MS . or the printed copies , though occasional notices of them appear in the former . As everything ...
Page 39
... called the Devil's Arse ? " " Mr. Chappell prints the tune of it at p . 161 of his Popular Music , and says that other copies of the song are in the Pepys Collection of Ballads , and , with music , in Pills to purge Melancholy . Also ...
... called the Devil's Arse ? " " Mr. Chappell prints the tune of it at p . 161 of his Popular Music , and says that other copies of the song are in the Pepys Collection of Ballads , and , with music , in Pills to purge Melancholy . Also ...
Page 40
... Called for a puritan pochet that vsed to turne up the eggs of his eyes . And soe recovered to 5 his wish , he sett him downe 6 & fell to 7 Meate ; Promooters in plumbe9 broth was his first dish , his owne priuye 10 kitchen had noe 11 ...
... Called for a puritan pochet that vsed to turne up the eggs of his eyes . And soe recovered to 5 his wish , he sett him downe 6 & fell to 7 Meate ; Promooters in plumbe9 broth was his first dish , his owne priuye 10 kitchen had noe 11 ...
Page 43
... called for the victualls were drest for his traine , and they brought him vp an alepotrida , 9 Wherin were 10 mingled courtier , 11 clowne , tradsmen , 12 marchants , 12 banquerouts store , Churchmen , 12 Lawyers of either gowne , - of ...
... called for the victualls were drest for his traine , and they brought him vp an alepotrida , 9 Wherin were 10 mingled courtier , 11 clowne , tradsmen , 12 marchants , 12 banquerouts store , Churchmen , 12 Lawyers of either gowne , - of ...
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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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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...