Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... quoth hee , 66 " for in faith I must be gone . " nay , then you doe me wronge , " quoth shee , to leaue me thus alone . " Away he went when all was spent , wherat shee was offended ; Like a troian true she made a vow shee wold have one ...
... quoth hee , 66 " for in faith I must be gone . " nay , then you doe me wronge , " quoth shee , to leaue me thus alone . " Away he went when all was spent , wherat shee was offended ; Like a troian true she made a vow shee wold have one ...
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... Quoth the boy , " did " you euer see a woman let her pelletts flee ( 6 More thicke & more at ease ? ffye ! " said the boy vnto his dame , 176 " temper your teltale bumm , for shame ! " which made her full of sorrow . 180 " Dame , " said ...
... Quoth the boy , " did " you euer see a woman let her pelletts flee ( 6 More thicke & more at ease ? ffye ! " said the boy vnto his dame , 176 " temper your teltale bumm , for shame ! " which made her full of sorrow . 180 " Dame , " said ...
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... quoth shee , " I smell . " 200 " but , " quoth the fryar , " Ile beat him well ! of that take you noe care ; 204 Ile teach him witchcraft , if I may . " " O , " quoth the wiffe , " doe soe , I pray , lay on & doe not spare . ” Early ...
... quoth shee , " I smell . " 200 " but , " quoth the fryar , " Ile beat him well ! of that take you noe care ; 204 Ile teach him witchcraft , if I may . " " O , " quoth the wiffe , " doe soe , I pray , lay on & doe not spare . ” Early ...
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... quoth his father , " I hold it best , 396 I thou cloyest me with this cheere 6 ; pray thee , boy , now7 quiett sitt ; in faith this was the Merryest fitt I heard this 7 yeere . ” All those that dancing thither came , laught heartilye ...
... quoth his father , " I hold it best , 396 I thou cloyest me with this cheere 6 ; pray thee , boy , now7 quiett sitt ; in faith this was the Merryest fitt I heard this 7 yeere . ” All those that dancing thither came , laught heartilye ...
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... quoth the wiffe , 1 " & almost hath bereaued my1 liffe ! " at that her taile did blow Soe lowd , the assembly laught theratt , & said her pistolls cracke2 was flatt , the charge was all amisse . ' 436 " Dame , " quoth the gentle ...
... quoth the wiffe , 1 " & almost hath bereaued my1 liffe ! " at that her taile did blow Soe lowd , the assembly laught theratt , & said her pistolls cracke2 was flatt , the charge was all amisse . ' 436 " Dame , " quoth the gentle ...
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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...