Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... thou canst not make my belly burst . I pray thee leaue thy fooling : heyda ! " " by my faith & troth I cannot : heyda , fie ! ” " what ? doe you meane to vse me soe ? I pray thee Robin let me goe : heyda , fye ! " " what a deale of doe ...
... thou canst not make my belly burst . I pray thee leaue thy fooling : heyda ! " " by my faith & troth I cannot : heyda , fie ! ” " what ? doe you meane to vse me soe ? I pray thee Robin let me goe : heyda , fye ! " " what a deale of doe ...
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... thou any meate in store 72 which thou mightest 5 giue to me ? " The child replyed , 66 soe god me saue ! to such poore victualls as I haue , right welcome shall you be . " Of this the old man was full gladd , the boy drew forth such as ...
... thou any meate in store 72 which thou mightest 5 giue to me ? " The child replyed , 66 soe god me saue ! to such poore victualls as I haue , right welcome shall you be . " Of this the old man was full gladd , the boy drew forth such as ...
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... thou shoot therin all day , waking or winking , or anye waye , the marke 2 thou shalt hitt . " Now when the bowe in hand he felt , 92 & had the3 arrowes vnder his belt , hartilye he laught I - wiss , 4 96 And sayd , " had I a pipe with ...
... thou shoot therin all day , waking or winking , or anye waye , the marke 2 thou shalt hitt . " Now when the bowe in hand he felt , 92 & had the3 arrowes vnder his belt , hartilye he laught I - wiss , 4 96 And sayd , " had I a pipe with ...
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... thou done to thy stepdame ? and asks him to beat the boy soundly . The friar agrees . Next day the boy goes afield as before , followed by the friar ; who asks him to explain his conduct . 216 tell me forthwith anon ! " And if thou ...
... thou done to thy stepdame ? and asks him to beat the boy soundly . The friar agrees . Next day the boy goes afield as before , followed by the friar ; who asks him to explain his conduct . 216 tell me forthwith anon ! " And if thou ...
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... thou hast free leaue to goe . " Out of the bush the fryar then went , 8 9 all Martird , raggd , scratcht & rent , & torne on euery side ; 268 Hardly on him was left a clout to wrap his belly round about , his harlotrye to hide . The ...
... thou hast free leaue to goe . " Out of the bush the fryar then went , 8 9 all Martird , raggd , scratcht & rent , & torne on euery side ; 268 Hardly on him was left a clout to wrap his belly round about , his harlotrye to hide . The ...
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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...