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1500 ; 7 , Genesis and 12 , The Wright's Chaste Wife , ab . 1462 The Publications for 1866 are— 13. SEINTE MARHERETE , şe Meiden ant Martyr . Three Texts of ab . A.D. 1200 , 1310 , 1330. First edited in 1862 by the Rev.
1500 ; 7 , Genesis and 12 , The Wright's Chaste Wife , ab . 1462 The Publications for 1866 are— 13. SEINTE MARHERETE , şe Meiden ant Martyr . Three Texts of ab . A.D. 1200 , 1310 , 1330. First edited in 1862 by the Rev.
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8 A man , thrice married , has a son by his first wife , there dwelt a man in my countrye which ' in his life had wiues 3 , a blessing full of loye ! By the first wife a sonne he had , 2 which was a prettye sturdye ladde , a good ...
8 A man , thrice married , has a son by his first wife , there dwelt a man in my countrye which ' in his life had wiues 3 , a blessing full of loye ! By the first wife a sonne he had , 2 which was a prettye sturdye ladde , a good ...
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... The stepdame stares at him , fulfils the old man's promise , and is laughed at Each one laught & made 16 good game , 164 but the curst wife grew red for shame & wisht shee had beene gone . 1 9 pipes . - P . 2 do.-P. up capon's .
... The stepdame stares at him , fulfils the old man's promise , and is laughed at Each one laught & made 16 good game , 164 but the curst wife grew red for shame & wisht shee had beene gone . 1 9 pipes . - P . 2 do.-P. up capon's .
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Faire women either curst or cruell be . " - F . 3 And then another fart.-P. 4 Which gart the Thunder . - P . 5 Quoth Jack , Sir , did.-P. 6 thy.-P. ? good maid.-P. 8 and day.-P. 9 This wife did love him as a saint . -P . shew .
Faire women either curst or cruell be . " - F . 3 And then another fart.-P. 4 Which gart the Thunder . - P . 5 Quoth Jack , Sir , did.-P. 6 thy.-P. ? good maid.-P. 8 and day.-P. 9 This wife did love him as a saint . -P . shew .
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When to the good wife home 2 he came , he made noe bragge for verry shame to see his clothes rent all ; 280 Much sorrow in his hart he had , & euery man did guesse him made3 when he was in the hall . The goodwiffe said , “ where hast ...
When to the good wife home 2 he came , he made noe bragge for verry shame to see his clothes rent all ; 280 Much sorrow in his hart he had , & euery man did guesse him made3 when he was in the hall . The goodwiffe said , “ where hast ...
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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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