Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... friar , 168 " Perdy , " the boy sayd , " well I wott that gun was both well charged1 & shott , & might haue broke a stone . " ffull curstlye2 shee lookt on him tho : that looke another cracke3 lett goe which did a thunder1 rise . 172 ...
... friar , 168 " Perdy , " the boy sayd , " well I wott that gun was both well charged1 & shott , & might haue broke a stone . " ffull curstlye2 shee lookt on him tho : that looke another cracke3 lett goe which did a thunder1 rise . 172 ...
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... friar agrees . Next day the boy goes afield as before , followed by the friar ; who asks him to explain his conduct . 216 tell me forthwith anon ! " And if thou canst not quitt9 thee well , Ile beate thee till thy body swell , I will ...
... friar agrees . Next day the boy goes afield as before , followed by the friar ; who asks him to explain his conduct . 216 tell me forthwith anon ! " And if thou canst not quitt9 thee well , Ile beate thee till thy body swell , I will ...
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... friar . Shoots it . The friar gone among the bushes to pick it up , Jack pipes and makes him dance . The briars scratch and tear him . 220 The boy replyed , " what ayleth thee ? my stepdame is as well as thee ; what needs you thus to ...
... friar . Shoots it . The friar gone among the bushes to pick it up , Jack pipes and makes him dance . The briars scratch and tear him . 220 The boy replyed , " what ayleth thee ? my stepdame is as well as thee ; what needs you thus to ...
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... friar begs for mercy . Jack lets him go . The friar goes away ragged and lacerated , 8 So the French martirisé , tormented , put to great pain , torture . So martyrit , Scot . , is martyr'd , murder'd , kill'd . Item , sore wounded or ...
... friar begs for mercy . Jack lets him go . The friar goes away ragged and lacerated , 8 So the French martirisé , tormented , put to great pain , torture . So martyrit , Scot . , is martyr'd , murder'd , kill'd . Item , sore wounded or ...
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... to hear the pipe . At his own request the friar There is a tag to the e as if for s.-F. Pype 9 frere . - P . I would .-- P . 10 then did he.-P. 11 frere . - P . is bound fast to a post . Jack pipes , FRYAR AND BOYE . 21.
... to hear the pipe . At his own request the friar There is a tag to the e as if for s.-F. Pype 9 frere . - P . I would .-- P . 10 then did he.-P. 11 frere . - P . is bound fast to a post . Jack pipes , FRYAR AND BOYE . 21.
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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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