Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... heare , & strange did appeare such a showe ; the Moone it was bright , & gaue such a light as ffitts not each wight to know : a man & a Mayd together were Laid , & euer the mayd shee did cry , " O doe not , doe not , kill me yet , I ...
... heare , & strange did appeare such a showe ; the Moone it was bright , & gaue such a light as ffitts not each wight to know : a man & a Mayd together were Laid , & euer the mayd shee did cry , " O doe not , doe not , kill me yet , I ...
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... heare , shall haue noe power to forbeare , but laugh & leape about . " Now tell me what the 3a shalbee ; 104 for 3 things I will giue to thee 108 112 as I haue sayd before . " The boy then smiling , answere made , " I haue enough for my ...
... heare , shall haue noe power to forbeare , but laugh & leape about . " Now tell me what the 3a shalbee ; 104 for 3 things I will giue to thee 108 112 as I haue sayd before . " The boy then smiling , answere made , " I haue enough for my ...
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... heare shall not be able to forbeare , 128 132 66 but laugh her vnto scorne . Soe , farwell sonne ! " the old man cryed ; god keepe you , Sir ! " the boy replyed , " I take my leaue of thee ! God , that blest of all things , may 8 keepe ...
... heare shall not be able to forbeare , 128 132 66 but laugh her vnto scorne . Soe , farwell sonne ! " the old man cryed ; god keepe you , Sir ! " the boy replyed , " I take my leaue of thee ! God , that blest of all things , may 8 keepe ...
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... heare , Vnto the house there came a fryar , & lay there all the night . 184 The wiffe this fryer loued as a Saint , 9 & to him made a great complaint of Iackes most vile despight . 188 192 " We haue , " quoth shee , " within , I - wis ...
... heare , Vnto the house there came a fryar , & lay there all the night . 184 The wiffe this fryer loued as a Saint , 9 & to him made a great complaint of Iackes most vile despight . 188 192 " We haue , " quoth shee , " within , I - wis ...
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... heare , 5 what hast thou done vnto this fryer ? lye not in any thing . " 316 " ffather , " he said , " now by my birthe , 320 324 I plaide him but a fitt of Mirth & pipet him vp a spring . " " That pipe , " said his father , " wold I heare ...
... heare , 5 what hast thou done vnto this fryer ? lye not in any thing . " 316 " ffather , " he said , " now by my birthe , 320 324 I plaide him but a fitt of Mirth & pipet him vp a spring . " " That pipe , " said his father , " wold I heare ...
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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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Page 39 - After him succeeded, by the general council, one Cock Lorrell, the most notorious knave that ever lived.' . . By trade he was a tinker, often carrying a pan and hammer for shew ; but when he came to a good booty, he would cast his profession into a ditch, and play the padder.
Page 77 - We weare more fantastical fashions than any nation under the sun doth, the French only excepted ; which hath given occasion to the Venetian, and other Italians, to brand the Englishman with a notable mark of levity, by painting him stark naked, with a pair of shears in his hand, making his fashion of attire according to the vain conception of his brain-sick head, not to comeliness and decorum.
Page 32 - Psalmes, or Songs of Sion, turned into the language, and set to the tunes of a strange land...