Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... thee , " a copy of which is in the Roxburghe Col- lection , I. 412. The subject of each is two lovers ; both poems . are in nearly the same metre , and begin with the same line . The difference is in the after - treatment . The " Two ...
... thee , " a copy of which is in the Roxburghe Col- lection , I. 412. The subject of each is two lovers ; both poems . are in nearly the same metre , and begin with the same line . The difference is in the after - treatment . The " Two ...
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... thee leaue thy fooling : heyda ! " " by my faith & troth I cannot : heyda , fie ! ” " what ? doe you meane to vse me soe ? I pray thee Robin let me goe : heyda , fye ! " " what a deale of doe is heere , is heere , is heere ! " " I begin ...
... thee leaue thy fooling : heyda ! " " by my faith & troth I cannot : heyda , fie ! ” " what ? doe you meane to vse me soe ? I pray thee Robin let me goe : heyda , fye ! " " what a deale of doe is heere , is heere , is heere ! " " I begin ...
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... thee , 10 84 what ere thou wilt intreat . " Then sayd the boy , " tis best , I trow , 11 that bestow on me yee 12 a bowe with which I burds may gett . " " A bow , my sonné , I will thee giue , the which shall Last while thou dost liue ...
... thee , 10 84 what ere thou wilt intreat . " Then sayd the boy , " tis best , I trow , 11 that bestow on me yee 12 a bowe with which I burds may gett . " " A bow , my sonné , I will thee giue , the which shall Last while thou dost liue ...
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... thee out of doubt— 8 100 As who that liues & shall it heare , shall haue noe power to forbeare , but laugh & leape about . " Now tell me what the 3a shalbee ; 104 for 3 things I will giue to thee 108 112 as I haue sayd before . " The ...
... thee out of doubt— 8 100 As who that liues & shall it heare , shall haue noe power to forbeare , but laugh & leape about . " Now tell me what the 3a shalbee ; 104 for 3 things I will giue to thee 108 112 as I haue sayd before . " The ...
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... thee ! God , that blest of all things , may 8 keepe thee save both night & day ! " " gramercy , sonne ! " sayd hee . When it grew neere vpon1o the night , Iacke , well prepared , 11 hied home full right ; - itt was his ordinance ; - 136 ...
... thee ! God , that blest of all things , may 8 keepe thee save both night & day ! " " gramercy , sonne ! " sayd hee . When it grew neere vpon1o the night , Iacke , well prepared , 11 hied home full right ; - itt was his ordinance ; - 136 ...
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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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