Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... copies remain of No. 4 , -Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight , ab . 1320-30 , edited by R. Morris , Esq . , 10s .; and No. 5 , of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue , be Alexander Hume , ab . 1617 A.D. , edited by Henry ...
... copies remain of No. 4 , -Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight , ab . 1320-30 , edited by R. Morris , Esq . , 10s .; and No. 5 , of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue , be Alexander Hume , ab . 1617 A.D. , edited by Henry ...
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... gods was seen . Jew's Tragedy , act 4 , 4to , 1662.-N. B. The marginal corrections are made from this Parody . " - P . 22 Not in the Percy Folio copy.-F. Mr. W. Chappell says that the " excellent new tune 1 PAGE SEE THE BWILDINGE.
... gods was seen . Jew's Tragedy , act 4 , 4to , 1662.-N. B. The marginal corrections are made from this Parody . " - P . 22 Not in the Percy Folio copy.-F. Mr. W. Chappell says that the " excellent new tune 1 PAGE SEE THE BWILDINGE.
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... copy of which is in the Roxburghe Col- lection , I. 412. The subject of each is two lovers ; both poems . are in nearly the same metre , and begin with the same line . The difference is in the after - treatment . The " Two Leicester ...
... copy of which is in the Roxburghe Col- lection , I. 412. The subject of each is two lovers ; both poems . are in nearly the same metre , and begin with the same line . The difference is in the after - treatment . The " Two Leicester ...
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... copy that I have hitherto found . If the date given for the Percy folio , about 1620 , is right , it contains the earliest copy known . - W . C. 4 WHEN Phebus addrest himselfe to the west , & set vp his rest below , Cynthia agreed in ...
... copy that I have hitherto found . If the date given for the Percy folio , about 1620 , is right , it contains the earliest copy known . - W . C. 4 WHEN Phebus addrest himselfe to the west , & set vp his rest below , Cynthia agreed in ...
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... part , it went to her hart , & gaue her more cause for to crye , " O kill me , kill me , once againe , ffor Now I am willing to dye ! " ffins . 1ffryar and Boye.2 THE present is the completest copy known 8 WHEN PHEBUS ADDREST .
... part , it went to her hart , & gaue her more cause for to crye , " O kill me , kill me , once againe , ffor Now I am willing to dye ! " ffins . 1ffryar and Boye.2 THE present is the completest copy known 8 WHEN PHEBUS ADDREST .
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