Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... 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 And therfore ...
... 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 And therfore ...
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... thinke it neede . " On the Morrow when it was day , the litle boy went on his way vnto the feild 5 with speede . Off noe man hee tooke anye care , 6 but song " hey ho ! away the Mare ?! " much mirth he did pursue ; fforth hee went with ...
... thinke it neede . " On the Morrow when it was day , the litle boy went on his way vnto the feild 5 with speede . Off noe man hee tooke anye care , 6 but song " hey ho ! away the Mare ?! " much mirth he did pursue ; fforth hee went with ...
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... thinke there is none that can any longer lye alone.6 Was euer womans 7 case like mine ? att 15 yeeres [ I ] began to pine ; soe vnto this plight now I am growne , I can , nor will , noe longer Lye alone.8 9 If dreames be true , then ...
... thinke there is none that can any longer lye alone.6 Was euer womans 7 case like mine ? att 15 yeeres [ I ] began to pine ; soe vnto this plight now I am growne , I can , nor will , noe longer Lye alone.8 9 If dreames be true , then ...
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... , that when vnorderlye 2 I see you feeding there , when I doe winke , I wold haue you thinke its time for to forbeare . " take heed & c . 1 Giles . - P . 2 i.c. disorderly . - P . 56 60 The man was content ; to the wedding 62 PANCHE .
... , that when vnorderlye 2 I see you feeding there , when I doe winke , I wold haue you thinke its time for to forbeare . " take heed & c . 1 Giles . - P . 2 i.c. disorderly . - P . 56 60 The man was content ; to the wedding 62 PANCHE .
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... thinke that welcome I am , I cannott forbeare to eate . " take heede & c . The time drew on when euerye man vnto his rest did goe ; but Paunch lay grunting by his wiffe , which made her wonderous woe . 1 Gallon . - P . 2 appetée . - P ...
... thinke that welcome I am , I cannott forbeare to eate . " take heede & c . The time drew on when euerye man vnto his rest did goe ; but Paunch lay grunting by his wiffe , which made her wonderous woe . 1 Gallon . - P . 2 appetée . - P ...
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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...