Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... wold have one shold mend it.1 ffins . and cried still " Once more . " He declined and went away . She declared she'd get some one else . Qui n'en a qu'un , n'en a point : Prov . ( Meant of Cocks , Bulls , & c . , and some- times ...
... wold have one shold mend it.1 ffins . and cried still " Once more . " He declined and went away . She declared she'd get some one else . Qui n'en a qu'un , n'en a point : Prov . ( Meant of Cocks , Bulls , & c . , and some- times ...
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... wold kill her noe more that night , but badd her adew : full litle he knew shee wold tempt him to more delight . But when they shold part , it went to her hart , & gaue her more cause for to crye , " O kill me , kill me , once againe ...
... wold kill her noe more that night , but badd her adew : full litle he knew shee wold tempt him to more delight . But when they shold part , it went to her hart , & gaue her more cause for to crye , " O kill me , kill me , once againe ...
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... wold you wold puts this boy awaye , & that right soone in haste ; 28 Trulie he is a cursed ladde 9 ! I wold some other man him hade that wold him better chast . 10 " Then said the goodman , " dame , 11 not soe , 32 I will not lett the ...
... wold you wold puts this boy awaye , & that right soone in haste ; 28 Trulie he is a cursed ladde 9 ! I wold some other man him hade that wold him better chast . 10 " Then said the goodman , " dame , 11 not soe , 32 I will not lett the ...
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... wold shee might a rapp2 let goe that might ring through the place . " The old man answered then anon , " when - ere3 shee lookes thy face vpon , her tayle shall wind the horne 5 124 Soe Lowdlye , that who shold 6 it heare shall not be ...
... wold shee might a rapp2 let goe that might ring through the place . " The old man answered then anon , " when - ere3 shee lookes thy face vpon , her tayle shall wind the horne 5 124 Soe Lowdlye , that who shold 6 it heare shall not be ...
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... wold him beat , the wiffe prayd him 3 not to forgett , the boy did her much shame : " Some wiche he is , " quoth shee , " I smell . " 200 " but , " quoth the fryar , " Ile beat him well ! of that take you noe care ; 204 Ile teach him ...
... wold him beat , the wiffe prayd him 3 not to forgett , the boy did her much shame : " Some wiche he is , " quoth shee , " I smell . " 200 " but , " quoth the fryar , " Ile beat him well ! of that take you noe care ; 204 Ile teach him ...
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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...