Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... young unmarried women ) , we are driven to the conclusion that civilisation must have failed in some respects , and to fear that the refined and graceful compli- ments which our author so frequently lavished upon the high ' damas ' of ...
... young unmarried women ) , we are driven to the conclusion that civilisation must have failed in some respects , and to fear that the refined and graceful compli- ments which our author so frequently lavished upon the high ' damas ' of ...
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... young man pro- mised not to . Then she said , " O kill me once again . " 28 32 The youth was rough , he tooke vp her stuffe , & to blindmans buffe they did goe ; hee kept such a coyle , he gaue her the foyle , soe great the broyle it ...
... young man pro- mised not to . Then she said , " O kill me once again . " 28 32 The youth was rough , he tooke vp her stuffe , & to blindmans buffe they did goe ; hee kept such a coyle , he gaue her the foyle , soe great the broyle it ...
Page 59
... young mayds now & then att lurch But to try their mind ; younge maids now adayes are soe coy , thé will not show when they are in loue , Men some- times pro- pose to girls , But for feare I2 oft say noe , when perhapps they wold but ...
... young mayds now & then att lurch But to try their mind ; younge maids now adayes are soe coy , thé will not show when they are in loue , Men some- times pro- pose to girls , But for feare I2 oft say noe , when perhapps they wold but ...
Page 60
... young maids as doe loue for to dandle once , may mourne . lett flyes burne , & maids mourne , for in vaine you do perswade them from their folly ; Nature binds all their kinds now & then to play the waggs though the seeme holy . ffins ...
... young maids as doe loue for to dandle once , may mourne . lett flyes burne , & maids mourne , for in vaine you do perswade them from their folly ; Nature binds all their kinds now & then to play the waggs though the seeme holy . ffins ...
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... young man , & marryed thé weere vpon St. Iames his day ; & to the wedding went they , her brothers & sisters each one . Her sister marries , 16 shee vowed to bring her to 5 capon pyes , with birds the sids vpon . take heed & c . But yet ...
... young man , & marryed thé weere vpon St. Iames his day ; & to the wedding went they , her brothers & sisters each one . Her sister marries , 16 shee vowed to bring her to 5 capon pyes , with birds the sids vpon . take heed & c . But yet ...
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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...