Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... tooke vp her stuffe , & to blindmans buffe they did goe ; hee kept such a coyle , he gaue her the foyle , soe great the broyle it did growe . but shee was soe yonge , & he was soe stronge , & he left her not till shee did crye , " O doe ...
... tooke vp her stuffe , & to blindmans buffe they did goe ; hee kept such a coyle , he gaue her the foyle , soe great the broyle it did growe . but shee was soe yonge , & he was soe stronge , & he left her not till shee did crye , " O doe ...
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... tooke anye care , 6 but song " hey ho ! away the Mare ?! " much mirth he did pursue ; fforth hee went with might & maine vntill he came vnto 10 the plaine , where he his 11 dinner drew . But when he saw it was soe bad , full litle list ...
... tooke anye care , 6 but song " hey ho ! away the Mare ?! " much mirth he did pursue ; fforth hee went with might & maine vntill he came vnto 10 the plaine , where he his 11 dinner drew . But when he saw it was soe bad , full litle list ...
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... tooke a Capon9 winge , & at the boy 10 he did it fling , bidding him eate his fill . This greeued his stepdames hart full sore , who lothed 12 the Ladd still more & more ; shee stared 13 him in the face : 160 with that shee let goe such ...
... tooke a Capon9 winge , & at the boy 10 he did it fling , bidding him eate his fill . This greeued his stepdames hart full sore , who lothed 12 the Ladd still more & more ; shee stared 13 him in the face : 160 with that shee let goe such ...
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... tooke his pipe & playd soe lowd , the fryar grew mad apaide , 1o & fell to skip & dance ; Now sooner was 12 the pipes sound heard , but Bedlam like 13 he bou [ n ] cet & fared , & leapt the bush about ; 244 The sharpe bryars cacth 14 ...
... tooke his pipe & playd soe lowd , the fryar grew mad apaide , 1o & fell to skip & dance ; Now sooner was 12 the pipes sound heard , but Bedlam like 13 he bou [ n ] cet & fared , & leapt the bush about ; 244 The sharpe bryars cacth 14 ...
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... tooke , both sharpe & round , 332 & to the post the fryer bounde1 336 340 in the middest 2 of the hall . All they which att3 the table sate , laughed & made good sport theratt , sayinge , " fryer , thou canst not fall ! " 66 Then sayd ...
... tooke , both sharpe & round , 332 & to the post the fryer bounde1 336 340 in the middest 2 of the hall . All they which att3 the table sate , laughed & made good sport theratt , sayinge , " fryer , thou canst not fall ! " 66 Then sayd ...
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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.
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