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... the poynt turnd ' backe vpon him . Yet shce said , " stay ! goe not away although the point be bended ! but toot againe , & hit the vaine ! once more , & none can Mend it . ” but still she cried 32 " Once more .
... the poynt turnd ' backe vpon him . Yet shce said , " stay ! goe not away although the point be bended ! but toot againe , & hit the vaine ! once more , & none can Mend it . ” but still she cried 32 " Once more .
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2 The old man agrees , The old man answered then anon , “ when - ere 3 shee lookes thy face vpon , her tayle shall wind the horne 5 124 Soe Lowdlye , that who shold 6 it heare shall not be able to forbeare , but laugh her ynto scorne ...
2 The old man agrees , The old man answered then anon , “ when - ere 3 shee lookes thy face vpon , her tayle shall wind the horne 5 124 Soe Lowdlye , that who shold 6 it heare shall not be able to forbeare , but laugh her ynto scorne ...
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... I dare not looke vpon his face , or hardly telllo my shamefull case , soe filthylie I fare ; 192 1 and asks him to beat the boy soundly . I well , not in P. C.-P. 2 Cp . Cotgrave's " Feroce , cruell , fierce , curst , hard - hearted ...
... I dare not looke vpon his face , or hardly telllo my shamefull case , soe filthylie I fare ; 192 1 and asks him to beat the boy soundly . I well , not in P. C.-P. 2 Cp . Cotgrave's " Feroce , cruell , fierce , curst , hard - hearted ...
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6 232 Iacke hitt the bird vpon the head soe right that shee fell downe for dead , noe further cold shee flee . 236 & The friar gone among the bushes to pick it up , Jack pipes and nakes him dance . ffast to the bush the fryar went ...
6 232 Iacke hitt the bird vpon the head soe right that shee fell downe for dead , noe further cold shee flee . 236 & The friar gone among the bushes to pick it up , Jack pipes and nakes him dance . ffast to the bush the fryar went ...
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... hopt vpon the table , then straight Iumpt vnto 3 the flore . The fryer that danct4 as fast as hee , mett him midway , & dangerouslye broke eithers5 face full sore . even the official , who suffers a collision with the friar .
... hopt vpon the table , then straight Iumpt vnto 3 the flore . The fryer that danct4 as fast as hee , mett him midway , & dangerouslye broke eithers5 face full sore . even the official , who suffers a collision with the friar .
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| Title | Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4 Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Frederick James Furnivall |
| Author | Thomas Percy |
| Editors | Frederick James Furnivall, John Wesley Hales |
| Contributor | British Library |
| Publisher | N. Trübner, 1867 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 2 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 127 pages |
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