Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... hands he then did1o wringe . " You shall , " the boy said , " by gods grace . " the ffryar replyed , " woe & alas ! " making his sorrowes ringe . " ffor gods loue ! " said the warched fryar , 11 " & if you will that strange pipe heare ...
... hands he then did1o wringe . " You shall , " the boy said , " by gods grace . " the ffryar replyed , " woe & alas ! " making his sorrowes ringe . " ffor gods loue ! " said the warched fryar , 11 " & if you will that strange pipe heare ...
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... hands & feet . 5 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 ...
... hands & feet . 5 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 ...
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... hands the poet's papers fell . The surreptitious copy in 12mo . is somewhat less imperfect , but yet leaves many errors ... hand , and is perhaps the only MS . piece of Jonson's in existence , is more full and correct than either of the ...
... hands the poet's papers fell . The surreptitious copy in 12mo . is somewhat less imperfect , but yet leaves many errors ... hand , and is perhaps the only MS . piece of Jonson's in existence , is more full and correct than either of the ...
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... hand wheras he had placet , hee handled her knees instead of her wast , The Maid , & c . He shiffted his hand till hee came to her knees , he tickeled her , & shee opened her thyhes , yett s [ t ] ill shee , & c . He hottered & totered ...
... hand wheras he had placet , hee handled her knees instead of her wast , The Maid , & c . He shiffted his hand till hee came to her knees , he tickeled her , & shee opened her thyhes , yett s [ t ] ill shee , & c . He hottered & totered ...
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... hand , to men that a girl's refusal does not always mean a real No , and on the other hand , a warning to girls to beware lest love or waggish inclination tempt them beyond the bounds of prudence . How oft , alas , are they but flies ...
... hand , to men that a girl's refusal does not always mean a real No , and on the other hand , a warning to girls to beware lest love or waggish inclination tempt them beyond the bounds of prudence . How oft , alas , are they but flies ...
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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.
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