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yett with her hand shee made it stand soe stiffe shee cold not bend it , & then anon shee cryes once more , & none can mend it ! ” come on and cried still " Once more . ” 40 He declined 44 “ Adew , adew , sweet hart , " quoth hee ...
yett with her hand shee made it stand soe stiffe shee cold not bend it , & then anon shee cryes once more , & none can mend it ! ” come on and cried still " Once more . ” 40 He declined 44 “ Adew , adew , sweet hart , " quoth hee ...
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168 She stares again , with the same result . 3 a ffull curstlye2 shee lookt on him tho : that looke another cracke 3 lett goe which did a thunder4 rise . 172 Quoth the boy , “ did5 you euer see a woman let her pelletts flee More thicke ...
168 She stares again , with the same result . 3 a ffull curstlye2 shee lookt on him tho : that looke another cracke 3 lett goe which did a thunder4 rise . 172 Quoth the boy , “ did5 you euer see a woman let her pelletts flee More thicke ...
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“ Some wiche he is , " quoth 4 shee , " I smell . ” ' 200 “ but , ” quoth the fryar , “ Ile beat him well ! of that take you noe care ; Ile teach him witchcraft , if I may . " “ O , ” quoth the wiffe , “ doe soe , I pray , lay on & doe ...
“ Some wiche he is , " quoth 4 shee , " I smell . ” ' 200 “ but , ” quoth the fryar , “ Ile beat him well ! of that take you noe care ; Ile teach him witchcraft , if I may . " “ O , ” quoth the wiffe , “ doe soe , I pray , lay on & doe ...
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436 “ Dame , " quoth the gentle Oficiall , “ proceed & tell me forth thy tale , & doe not let for this . " but is abruptly made ashamed and dumb . The wiffe that feared another cracke , 440 stood mute , & neere a word shee spake ; shame ...
436 “ Dame , " quoth the gentle Oficiall , “ proceed & tell me forth thy tale , & doe not let for this . " but is abruptly made ashamed and dumb . The wiffe that feared another cracke , 440 stood mute , & neere a word shee spake ; shame ...
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“ with all my hart , Sir ! your nose in my arse , ” quoth she , “ for to keepe out the winde ... 20 Shee ryde vpon a tyred mare , & to reuenge noe time withstoode , I bluntlye asket pro to occupye her ; but first shee wold know wherfore ...
“ with all my hart , Sir ! your nose in my arse , ” quoth she , “ for to keepe out the winde ... 20 Shee ryde vpon a tyred mare , & to reuenge noe time withstoode , I bluntlye asket pro to occupye her ; but first shee wold know wherfore ...
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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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