Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... keepe you to be his witneffe , and in the eyes of men , who would gain you to be their disciples , you must needs by your owne practife either shamefully recant , or honest- ly confeffe the religion wherein you haue ftood . Choose you ...
... keepe you to be his witneffe , and in the eyes of men , who would gain you to be their disciples , you must needs by your owne practife either shamefully recant , or honest- ly confeffe the religion wherein you haue ftood . Choose you ...
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... keepe , Have ever since that time beene seene to weepe . Brown , Brit . Past . , I , iv , p . 87 . Would it not vex thee , where thy sires did keep , To see the dunged folds of dag - tail'd sheep ? Hall , Satires , v , 1 , p . 86 . In ...
... keepe , Have ever since that time beene seene to weepe . Brown , Brit . Past . , I , iv , p . 87 . Would it not vex thee , where thy sires did keep , To see the dunged folds of dag - tail'd sheep ? Hall , Satires , v , 1 , p . 86 . In ...
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... keepe 6. That the Warehousekeeper or third in Councell do keepe Warehousebookes The Ware- agreeable to the Honoble : Compus : orders in their printed Rules , for all goods Deli- house keeper vered Received or bought , and that he take ...
... keepe 6. That the Warehousekeeper or third in Councell do keepe Warehousebookes The Ware- agreeable to the Honoble : Compus : orders in their printed Rules , for all goods Deli- house keeper vered Received or bought , and that he take ...
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... keepe'hem then ? Carl . Keepe'hem ? Sbloud let them keepe themselues , they are no sheepe , are they ? V Vhat ? you shall come in houses , where plate , apparrell , iewels , and diuerse other pretty com- modities lie negligently ...
... keepe'hem then ? Carl . Keepe'hem ? Sbloud let them keepe themselues , they are no sheepe , are they ? V Vhat ? you shall come in houses , where plate , apparrell , iewels , and diuerse other pretty com- modities lie negligently ...
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