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6 232 Iacke hitt the bird vpon the head soe right that shee fell downe for dead , noe further cold shee flee . 236 & The friar gone among the bushes to pick it up , Jack pipes and nakes him dance . ffast to the bush the fryar went ...
6 232 Iacke hitt the bird vpon the head soe right that shee fell downe for dead , noe further cold shee flee . 236 & The friar gone among the bushes to pick it up , Jack pipes and nakes him dance . ffast to the bush the fryar went ...
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7 the fryar he sayd , " he made me dance , despite my head , 8 among the thornes the hey - to - bee.9 " 8 300 1 were fain.-P. 2 MS . hone.-F. 3 mad.-P. 4 See note 2 to 1. 484 , p . 28.-F. 5 here is.-P. 6 frere .
7 the fryar he sayd , " he made me dance , despite my head , 8 among the thornes the hey - to - bee.9 " 8 300 1 were fain.-P. 2 MS . hone.-F. 3 mad.-P. 4 See note 2 to 1. 484 , p . 28.-F. 5 here is.-P. 6 frere .
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468 The register leapt from his pen , & hopt into the throng of men , his inkhorne in his hande ; with swinging round about his head , some he strucke 6 blind , some almost dead , some they cold hardly stand . The Register's ink - horn ...
468 The register leapt from his pen , & hopt into the throng of men , his inkhorne in his hande ; with swinging round about his head , some he strucke 6 blind , some almost dead , some they cold hardly stand . The Register's ink - horn ...
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2 484 Each sett on ' a merry pin , 2 some broke their heads , & some their shin , & some their noses brast . At last the official begs the boy to give over playing . ( page 104. ) The officiall thus sore turmayld , 488 Halfe swelt 3 ...
2 484 Each sett on ' a merry pin , 2 some broke their heads , & some their shin , & some their noses brast . At last the official begs the boy to give over playing . ( page 104. ) The officiall thus sore turmayld , 488 Halfe swelt 3 ...
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Was it , “ Come shepherds , deck your heads , ' or ' As at noon Dulcina rested ? ' & c . ” Mr. Chappell gives a list of eight ballads and songs directed to be sung to this tune , and the last of them is one that shows an earlier person ...
Was it , “ Come shepherds , deck your heads , ' or ' As at noon Dulcina rested ? ' & c . ” Mr. Chappell gives a list of eight ballads and songs directed to be sung to this tune , and the last of them is one that shows an earlier person ...
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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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