Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... 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 And therfore euill might shee ...
... 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 And therfore euill might shee ...
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... things to thee , 10 84 what ere thou wilt intreat . " Then sayd the boy , " tis best , I trow , 11 that bestow on me yee 12 a bowe with which I burds may gett . " " A bow , my sonné , I will thee giue , the which shall Last while thou ...
... things to thee , 10 84 what ere thou wilt intreat . " Then sayd the boy , " tis best , I trow , 11 that bestow on me yee 12 a bowe with which I burds may gett . " " A bow , my sonné , I will thee giue , the which shall Last while thou ...
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... 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 plight , thou shalt haue all I thee ...
... 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 plight , thou shalt haue all I thee ...
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... things , may 8 keepe thee save both night & day ! " " gramercy , sonne ! " sayd hee . When it grew neere vpon1o the night , Iacke , well prepared , 11 hied home full right ; - itt was his ordinance ; - 136 And as he went his pipe did ...
... things , may 8 keepe thee save both night & day ! " " gramercy , sonne ! " sayd hee . When it grew neere vpon1o the night , Iacke , well prepared , 11 hied home full right ; - itt was his ordinance ; - 136 And as he went his pipe did ...
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... things withall ? 228 Sir fryer , tho 14 haue litle witt , yett yonder bird I meane to hitt , & giue her you I shall . " There sate a small birde in a5 bryar : Shoot , shoot , you wagg , " then sayd the fryer , " for that I long to see ...
... things withall ? 228 Sir fryer , tho 14 haue litle witt , yett yonder bird I meane to hitt , & giue her you I shall . " There sate a small birde in a5 bryar : Shoot , shoot , you wagg , " then sayd the fryer , " for that I long to see ...
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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...