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0 NAY : 0 NAY : NOT YETT . 92 I CANNOTT BEE CONTENTED 94 LILLUMWHAM 96 THE SEA CRABB 99 LAST NIGHT I THOUGHT 101 I DREAMED MY LOUE 102 PANDERS COME AWAYE 104 . A DAINTY DUCKE 108 NOW FYE ON DREAMES 103 A MAYDEN HEADE . 111 .
0 NAY : 0 NAY : NOT YETT . 92 I CANNOTT BEE CONTENTED 94 LILLUMWHAM 96 THE SEA CRABB 99 LAST NIGHT I THOUGHT 101 I DREAMED MY LOUE 102 PANDERS COME AWAYE 104 . A DAINTY DUCKE 108 NOW FYE ON DREAMES 103 A MAYDEN HEADE . 111 .
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She helped him Then in her Armes shee did him fold , & oftentimes shee kist him , yett still his courage was but cold for all the good shee wisht him ; 36 There is a tag to the d like an s.-F. yett with her hand shee made it stand soe ...
She helped him Then in her Armes shee did him fold , & oftentimes shee kist him , yett still his courage was but cold for all the good shee wisht him ; 36 There is a tag to the d like an s.-F. yett with her hand shee made it stand soe ...
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yett with her hand shee made it stand soe stiffe shee cold not bend it , & then anon shee cryes once more , & none can mend it ! ” come on and cried still " Once more . ” 40 He declined 44 “ Adew , adew , sweet hart , " quoth hee ...
yett with her hand shee made it stand soe stiffe shee cold not bend it , & then anon shee cryes once more , & none can mend it ! ” come on and cried still " Once more . ” 40 He declined 44 “ Adew , adew , sweet hart , " quoth hee ...
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... set vp his rest below , Cynthia agreed in her gliteringe weede her bewtie on me to bestow ; & walking alone , attended by none , by chance I hard one crye “ O doe not , doe not , kill me yett , for I am not prepared to dye !
... set vp his rest below , Cynthia agreed in her gliteringe weede her bewtie on me to bestow ; & walking alone , attended by none , by chance I hard one crye “ O doe not , doe not , kill me yett , for I am not prepared to dye !
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... 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 not , doe not , kill me yett , for I am not resolued to dye !
... 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 not , doe not , kill me yett , for I am not resolued to dye !
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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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