Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... Iacke the boy came home full right as he was wont to doo ; 312 But when he came into the hall , full soone his father did him call , 66 & bad him come him too : 66 ' Boy , " he said , come tell me heare , 5 what hast thou done vnto this ...
... Iacke the boy came home full right as he was wont to doo ; 312 But when he came into the hall , full soone his father did him call , 66 & bad him come him too : 66 ' Boy , " he said , come tell me heare , 5 what hast thou done vnto this ...
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... Iacke , pipe me vp a merry toye , pipe freelye when thou will ! " " ffather , " the boy said , " verelye you shall haue mirth enoughe & glee till you bidd me bee still . " With that his pipe he quicklye sent , 344 & pipt , the whilest ...
... Iacke , pipe me vp a merry toye , pipe freelye when thou will ! " " ffather , " the boy said , " verelye you shall haue mirth enoughe & glee till you bidd me bee still . " With that his pipe he quicklye sent , 344 & pipt , the whilest ...
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... Iacke , & fast her tayle did double each cracke , lowd as a water Mill . The fryer this while was almost lost , he knocket3 his pate against the post , it was his dancing grace ; 364 The rope rubd him vnder the chinn 4 that the blood ...
... Iacke , & fast her tayle did double each cracke , lowd as a water Mill . The fryer this while was almost lost , he knocket3 his pate against the post , it was his dancing grace ; 364 The rope rubd him vnder the chinn 4 that the blood ...
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... Iacke tyred with the sport said , " now Ile rest . " 392 " doe , " quoth his father , " I hold it best , 396 I thou cloyest me with this cheere 6 ; pray thee , boy , now7 quiett sitt ; in faith this was the Merryest fitt I heard this 7 ...
... Iacke tyred with the sport said , " now Ile rest . " 392 " doe , " quoth his father , " I hold it best , 396 I thou cloyest me with this cheere 6 ; pray thee , boy , now7 quiett sitt ; in faith this was the Merryest fitt I heard this 7 ...
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... Iacke ! " sayd the officiall , " & let me heare thy cuning1 all . " Iacke blew his pipe full lowde That euery man start vp & dancte ; Proctors & preists , & somners2 pranct , & all in that great crowde ; Over the deske the officiall ran ...
... Iacke ! " sayd the officiall , " & let me heare thy cuning1 all . " Iacke blew his pipe full lowde That euery man start vp & dancte ; Proctors & preists , & somners2 pranct , & all in that great crowde ; Over the deske the officiall ran ...
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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...