Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... tell you as I thinke , - 16 All things shee thought lost , by the roode , which to the boy did anye good , 5 as either meate or drinke ; And yet I - wis it was but badde , 20 nor halfe enouge therof he hade , but euermore the worst ; 24 ...
... tell you as I thinke , - 16 All things shee thought lost , by the roode , which to the boy did anye good , 5 as either meate or drinke ; And yet I - wis it was but badde , 20 nor halfe enouge therof he hade , but euermore the worst ; 24 ...
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... tell me what the 3a shalbee ; 104 for 3 things I will giue to thee 108 112 as I haue sayd before . " The boy then smiling , answere made , " I haue enough for my pore trade , I will desire noe more . " The old man sayd , " my troth is ...
... tell me what the 3a shalbee ; 104 for 3 things I will giue to thee 108 112 as I haue sayd before . " The boy then smiling , answere made , " I haue enough for my pore trade , I will desire noe more . " The old man sayd , " my troth is ...
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... tell me forthwith anon ! " And if thou canst not quitt9 thee well , Ile beate thee till thy body swell , I will not longer 10 byde . " 1 For my sake meet him.-P. 2 Yea , make.-P. She prayed him.-P. He is a witch , qth.-P. 5 dele then.-P ...
... tell me forthwith anon ! " And if thou canst not quitt9 thee well , Ile beate thee till thy body swell , I will not longer 10 byde . " 1 For my sake meet him.-P. 2 Yea , make.-P. She prayed him.-P. He is a witch , qth.-P. 5 dele then.-P ...
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... tell me without let . " " The devill him take ! " 7 the fryar he sayd , " he made me dance , despite my head , 8 among the thornes the hey - to - bee.9 " 4 See note 2 to 1. 484 , p . 28.-F. 5 here is.-P. 6 frere . - P . 7 take him ...
... tell me without let . " " The devill him take ! " 7 the fryar he sayd , " he made me dance , despite my head , 8 among the thornes the hey - to - bee.9 " 4 See note 2 to 1. 484 , p . 28.-F. 5 here is.-P. 6 frere . - P . 7 take him ...
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... tell me heare , 5 what hast thou done vnto this fryer ? lye not in any thing . " 316 " ffather , " he said , " now by my birthe , 320 324 I plaide him but a fitt of Mirth & pipet him vp a spring . " " That pipe , " said his father ...
... tell me heare , 5 what hast thou done vnto this fryer ? lye not in any thing . " 316 " ffather , " he said , " now by my birthe , 320 324 I plaide him but a fitt of Mirth & pipet him vp a spring . " " That pipe , " said his father ...
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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...