Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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Page 101
... dreame I pursued ; till I ffound out my loue , & I kist her . but if such delights belong to the nights , when the head1 hath Phebus in keepinge , how is he blest with content in his rest that can find but his Mistress sleepinge ? If ...
... dreame I pursued ; till I ffound out my loue , & I kist her . but if such delights belong to the nights , when the head1 hath Phebus in keepinge , how is he blest with content in his rest that can find but his Mistress sleepinge ? If ...
Page 109
... dreame by nights then occupye by kind ! ffor if Cupid thy hart doth stryke with lead or golden fflight , O then , O then , O then , in dreames thy thoughts strange 3 things doe write ! Methought itt was my Chance to Clipp thee Creature ...
... dreame by nights then occupye by kind ! ffor if Cupid thy hart doth stryke with lead or golden fflight , O then , O then , O then , in dreames thy thoughts strange 3 things doe write ! Methought itt was my Chance to Clipp thee Creature ...
Page 110
... ! which makes me still Complaine ; ffor I awaked , for I awaked , ffor I awaked ; and I ffo [ und ] all this was but a dreame ! ffinis . 4 A Mayden heade . [ Page 508 of MS 110 NOW FYE ON DREAMES . NOW FYE ON DREAMES.
... ! which makes me still Complaine ; ffor I awaked , for I awaked , ffor I awaked ; and I ffo [ und ] all this was but a dreame ! ffinis . 4 A Mayden heade . [ Page 508 of MS 110 NOW FYE ON DREAMES . NOW FYE ON DREAMES.
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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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