Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... ffor I loue the thing forbidden . It is the care that makes the theft ; none loues the thing forsaken ; the bold & willinge whore is left when the modest wench is taken . [ page 105. ] Shee dulle that is 2 too forwards bent ; not good ...
... ffor I loue the thing forbidden . It is the care that makes the theft ; none loues the thing forsaken ; the bold & willinge whore is left when the modest wench is taken . [ page 105. ] Shee dulle that is 2 too forwards bent ; not good ...
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... ffor harke , " quoth hee , " how his bellye rumbles ! " & then with his pawe , that was a reacher , hee puld to a pye of a traitors numbles , 16 & the gibbletts 17 of a silent teacher . 2 and.-P. 3 Termes of a Keruer . Breke that dere ...
... ffor harke , " quoth hee , " how his bellye rumbles ! " & then with his pawe , that was a reacher , hee puld to a pye of a traitors numbles , 16 & the gibbletts 17 of a silent teacher . 2 and.-P. 3 Termes of a Keruer . Breke that dere ...
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... ffor if yo [ u ] come there , you vtterlye shame [ page 239 ] yor selfe & me besides , & all your kinred euery one , the Bridgrome & the bryde , you feed soe Monst [ r ] ouslye aboue all other men , for you deuoure more meate at a meale ...
... ffor if yo [ u ] come there , you vtterlye shame [ page 239 ] yor selfe & me besides , & all your kinred euery one , the Bridgrome & the bryde , you feed soe Monst [ r ] ouslye aboue all other men , for you deuoure more meate at a meale ...
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... ffor euer when I was drye , of drinke I wold haue tane , I wold tread both shooes awrye , that Iynye & c . ffull oft shee & I within the buttery playd att tray trippe of a dye , & sent away the mayd . ffor shee is of the dealing trade ...
... ffor euer when I was drye , of drinke I wold haue tane , I wold tread both shooes awrye , that Iynye & c . ffull oft shee & I within the buttery playd att tray trippe of a dye , & sent away the mayd . ffor shee is of the dealing trade ...
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... ffor want of breath . quoth shee , " I like better that game where ladyes bewtyes do pay their dutyes to loues sweete death . " They aire was hott , & shee was drye , - to - iour bonne tannce ; - to Bacchus court shee fast did hye— par ...
... ffor want of breath . quoth shee , " I like better that game where ladyes bewtyes do pay their dutyes to loues sweete death . " They aire was hott , & shee was drye , - to - iour bonne tannce ; - to Bacchus court shee fast did hye— par ...
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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...