Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... vpon him . Yet shee said , " stay ! goe not away although the point be bended ! but toot againe , & hit the vaine ! once more , & none can Mend it . " Then in her Armes shee did him fold , & oftentimes shee kist him , yett still his ...
... vpon him . Yet shee said , " stay ! goe not away although the point be bended ! but toot againe , & hit the vaine ! once more , & none can Mend it . " Then in her Armes shee did him fold , & oftentimes shee kist him , yett still his ...
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... vpon , her tayle shall wind the horne 5 124 Soe Lowdlye , that who shold 6 it heare shall not be able to forbeare , 128 132 66 but laugh her vnto scorne . Soe , farwell sonne ! " the old man cryed ; god keepe you , Sir ! " the boy ...
... vpon , her tayle shall wind the horne 5 124 Soe Lowdlye , that who shold 6 it heare shall not be able to forbeare , 128 132 66 but laugh her vnto scorne . Soe , farwell sonne ! " the old man cryed ; god keepe you , Sir ! " the boy ...
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... vpon his face , or hardly tell10 my shamefull case , soe filthylie I fare ; 1 well , not in P. C.-P. 2 Cp . Cotgrave's " Feroce , cruell , fierce , curst , hard - hearted , sterne , austere : " " the auncient Romanes . vsed to ty a ...
... vpon his face , or hardly tell10 my shamefull case , soe filthylie I fare ; 1 well , not in P. C.-P. 2 Cp . Cotgrave's " Feroce , cruell , fierce , curst , hard - hearted , sterne , austere : " " the auncient Romanes . vsed to ty a ...
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... vpon the head soe right that shee fell downe for dead , noe further cold shee flee . ffast to the bush the fryar went , 236 & 240 vp the bird in hand7 hee hent , 8 much wondering at the chance . Meane while Iacke tooke his pipe & playd ...
... vpon the head soe right that shee fell downe for dead , noe further cold shee flee . ffast to the bush the fryar went , 236 & 240 vp the bird in hand7 hee hent , 8 much wondering at the chance . Meane while Iacke tooke his pipe & playd ...
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... vpon the table , then straight Iumpt vnto3 the flore . The fryer that danct as fast as hee , mett him midway , & dangerouslye broke eithers 5 face full sore . The register leapt from his pen , & hopt into the throng of men , his ...
... vpon the table , then straight Iumpt vnto3 the flore . The fryer that danct as fast as hee , mett him midway , & dangerouslye broke eithers 5 face full sore . The register leapt from his pen , & hopt into the throng of men , his ...
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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...