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To an excellent new tune , " and with six more lines in each stanza . We quote it here for contrast sake . A WELL - WISHING TO A PLACE OF PLEASURE . To an excellent new Tune . Mr. W. Chappell says that the “ excellent new tune.
To an excellent new tune , " and with six more lines in each stanza . We quote it here for contrast sake . A WELL - WISHING TO A PLACE OF PLEASURE . To an excellent new Tune . Mr. W. Chappell says that the “ excellent new tune.
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456 , but there suddenly throws up its six - line stanzas , and ends the story with six four - line stanzas , a circumstance not noticed by Mr. Hazlitt . The present copy either wants half a stanza after l . 495 , or a stanza of 9 lines ...
456 , but there suddenly throws up its six - line stanzas , and ends the story with six four - line stanzas , a circumstance not noticed by Mr. Hazlitt . The present copy either wants half a stanza after l . 495 , or a stanza of 9 lines ...
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... to illustrate the next stanza aboveWhilom there was dwellyng in my countre An erchedeken , a man of gret degre , That boldely did execucioun In punyschyng of fornicacioun , Of wicchecraft , and eek of bauderye , Of diffamacioun ...
... to illustrate the next stanza aboveWhilom there was dwellyng in my countre An erchedeken , a man of gret degre , That boldely did execucioun In punyschyng of fornicacioun , Of wicchecraft , and eek of bauderye , Of diffamacioun ...
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F . 4 Half a stanza seems wanting here and in Pr . Copy.-P. 5 frere . - P . 6 fone , i.e. foes.-P. 7 cast.-P. 1 As # was ridinge by the way . [. 8 frere . - P . ffins . 1 MS . has a mark between o 28 FRYAR AND BOYE .
F . 4 Half a stanza seems wanting here and in Pr . Copy.-P. 5 frere . - P . 6 fone , i.e. foes.-P. 7 cast.-P. 1 As # was ridinge by the way . [. 8 frere . - P . ffins . 1 MS . has a mark between o 28 FRYAR AND BOYE .
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The present copy contains eight more stanzas than Jonson's own MS . printed by Gifford , and ( after him ) by Mr. Procter at p . 626 of his edition of Jonson's Works . The presence of these additional stanzas may be explained by ...
The present copy contains eight more stanzas than Jonson's own MS . printed by Gifford , and ( after him ) by Mr. Procter at p . 626 of his edition of Jonson's Works . The presence of these additional stanzas may be explained by ...
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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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