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Every creature That appertaines to nature ' bout this house living , Doth resemble , If not dissemble , due praises giving . ? Harke , how the hollow Windes do blow And seem to murmur in every corner , for her long absence : The which ...
Every creature That appertaines to nature ' bout this house living , Doth resemble , If not dissemble , due praises giving . ? Harke , how the hollow Windes do blow And seem to murmur in every corner , for her long absence : The which ...
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... -none shrewder is ,which doth me mighty care ; 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 ...
... -none shrewder is ,which doth me mighty care ; 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 ...
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I see the bore doth brim the sow ; & yet there is neuer a Iacke for gill . ” that she wanted a lover . 16 I had some hope , & to her spoke , “ sweet hart , shall I put my flesh in thine ? ” “ with all my hart , Sir ! your nose in my ...
I see the bore doth brim the sow ; & yet there is neuer a Iacke for gill . ” that she wanted a lover . 16 I had some hope , & to her spoke , “ sweet hart , shall I put my flesh in thine ? ” “ with all my hart , Sir ! your nose in my ...
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All which devowred , he now for to close doth for a 16 draught of Derbye ale call . he heaued the huge vessell vp to his nose , & left not till hee had drunk 17 Then from the table hee gaue a start , where. 2 Aldermen lobsters .
All which devowred , he now for to close doth for a 16 draught of Derbye ale call . he heaued the huge vessell vp to his nose , & left not till hee had drunk 17 Then from the table hee gaue a start , where. 2 Aldermen lobsters .
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13 ffrom which wicked perfume , swines flesh , 11 and linge , 12 or any thing else he 14 doth 15 not loue , preserue & send our gracions king 16 such meate as he loues , I beseeche god aboue ! 13 ffins . 96 Way .
13 ffrom which wicked perfume , swines flesh , 11 and linge , 12 or any thing else he 14 doth 15 not loue , preserue & send our gracions king 16 such meate as he loues , I beseeche god aboue ! 13 ffins . 96 Way .
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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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