Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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Page 39
... London , 1610 , is a list of rogues by profession , in which Cock Lorrel stands second . He is thus described : - After him succeeded , by the general council , one Cock Lorrell , the most notorious knave that ever lived . ' .. By trade ...
... London , 1610 , is a list of rogues by profession , in which Cock Lorrel stands second . He is thus described : - After him succeeded , by the general council , one Cock Lorrell , the most notorious knave that ever lived . ' .. By trade ...
Page 42
... London Cuckold hott from the spitt : but 2 when the Carver vpp had broke 3 him , the devill chopt up his head att a bitt , [ him . but the hornes were verry neere like to haue choakt * The chine of a leacher too there was roasted , with ...
... London Cuckold hott from the spitt : but 2 when the Carver vpp had broke 3 him , the devill chopt up his head att a bitt , [ him . but the hornes were verry neere like to haue choakt * The chine of a leacher too there was roasted , with ...
Page 81
... 't mean it , and next time , make more fuss over it : but don't be too rude . Thus you'll always be wooed like a maiden . 2 that which , what.-F. One sum- mer's day two London damsels went out to COME WANTON WENCHES . 81.
... 't mean it , and next time , make more fuss over it : but don't be too rude . Thus you'll always be wooed like a maiden . 2 that which , what.-F. One sum- mer's day two London damsels went out to COME WANTON WENCHES . 81.
Page 82
... London damsels went out to gather cod- lings . They were very beauti- ful and sweet ; but their one fault 12 was these codlings . 16 The young one wants to go into an orchard , but the elder doubts whether she'll get any codlings there ...
... London damsels went out to gather cod- lings . They were very beauti- ful and sweet ; but their one fault 12 was these codlings . 16 The young one wants to go into an orchard , but the elder doubts whether she'll get any codlings there ...
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... London ) to the Hon . Secretary , HENRY B. WHEATLEY , Esq . , 53 Berners Street , London , W. List of Works proposed for publication in 1867 , by the Early English Text Society . M.A. 3s . 24. HYMNS TO THE VIRGIN AND CHRIST ; THE ...
... London ) to the Hon . Secretary , HENRY B. WHEATLEY , Esq . , 53 Berners Street , London , W. List of Works proposed for publication in 1867 , by the Early English Text Society . M.A. 3s . 24. HYMNS TO THE VIRGIN AND CHRIST ; THE ...
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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...