Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... play the lusty lad or else he quite was shamed ; " then stifly thrust , hee hit me iust , ffeare not , but freely spend it , & play about at in & out ; once more , & none can mend it . " And then he thought to venter her , thinking the ...
... play the lusty lad or else he quite was shamed ; " then stifly thrust , hee hit me iust , ffeare not , but freely spend it , & play about at in & out ; once more , & none can mend it . " And then he thought to venter her , thinking the ...
Page 20
... P. 6 frere . - P . 7 take him . . . then.-P. 8 mine head.-P. hey - go - beat . - P . Hey , to sport , play or gambol ; to kick about . Halliwell . - F . The goodman said vnto him thoe , " father ! . 20 FRYAR AND BOYE .
... P. 6 frere . - P . 7 take him . . . then.-P. 8 mine head.-P. hey - go - beat . - P . Hey , to sport , play or gambol ; to kick about . Halliwell . - F . The goodman said vnto him thoe , " father ! . 20 FRYAR AND BOYE .
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... playing . Jack will do so on condition of an amnesty . The condition agreed to , Jack stops his pipe . 484 Each sett on a merry pin , 2 some broke their heads , & some their shin , & some their noses brast . The officiall thus sore ...
... playing . Jack will do so on condition of an amnesty . The condition agreed to , Jack stops his pipe . 484 Each sett on a merry pin , 2 some broke their heads , & some their shin , & some their noses brast . The officiall thus sore ...
Page 32
... played cheerfully . " The earlier title of the tune seems to have soon disappeared ; for , says Mr. Chappell , v . 1. p . 142 , " this tune is referred to under the names of ' Dulcina , ' ' As at noon Dulcina rested , ' From Oberon in ...
... played cheerfully . " The earlier title of the tune seems to have soon disappeared ; for , says Mr. Chappell , v . 1. p . 142 , " this tune is referred to under the names of ' Dulcina , ' ' As at noon Dulcina rested , ' From Oberon in ...
Page 39
... play the padder . " Gifford , who quotes the same treatise from Beloe's Anecdotes , adds that Cock Lorrell as he " past through the town would crie , Ha ' ye any worke for a tinker ? To write of his knaveries , it would aske a long time ...
... play the padder . " Gifford , who quotes the same treatise from Beloe's Anecdotes , adds that Cock Lorrell as he " past through the town would crie , Ha ' ye any worke for a tinker ? To write of his knaveries , it would aske a long time ...
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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...