Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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Page 53
... [ line cut off by the binder ] She waited then thought I , & thought noe lye , 20 20 perhapps his pipe is not yett ripe ; yett an hower may haue the power to make itt grow in full Lenght & full strenght ; but fooles are led in blindnesse ...
... [ line cut off by the binder ] She waited then thought I , & thought noe lye , 20 20 perhapps his pipe is not yett ripe ; yett an hower may haue the power to make itt grow in full Lenght & full strenght ; but fooles are led in blindnesse ...
Page 81
... lines , rubbed or scratched out.-F. hope for more . If you yield , struggle and say you didn'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 ...
... lines , rubbed or scratched out.-F. hope for more . If you yield , struggle and say you didn'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 ...
Page 96
... line 6 , and of lines 10 and 12 , is exactly the same.-F. 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 There came an 96 LILLUMWHAM.
... line 6 , and of lines 10 and 12 , is exactly the same.-F. 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 There came an 96 LILLUMWHAM.
Page 104
... , though shee hath made her Co [ ney ] as common as the Bursse ; yett still shee hath they money in her pursse . ? MS . Pray.-F. 2 The MS . has 4 lines in 2 henceforth . - F . 20 24 28 32 36 Boulton is put by , 104 PANDERS COME AWAYE •
... , though shee hath made her Co [ ney ] as common as the Bursse ; yett still shee hath they money in her pursse . ? MS . Pray.-F. 2 The MS . has 4 lines in 2 henceforth . - F . 20 24 28 32 36 Boulton is put by , 104 PANDERS COME AWAYE •
Page 106
... line has been cut away from the MS . by the binder . - F . 2 One stroke too few in the MS.-F. ? MS . Itt.-F. 4 ? MS .: the e is oddly made ; it may be Birmkards , the i not dotted . - F .. 60 64 her husband saies shee [ s ] nought 106 ...
... line has been cut away from the MS . by the binder . - F . 2 One stroke too few in the MS.-F. ? MS . Itt.-F. 4 ? MS .: the e is oddly made ; it may be Birmkards , the i not dotted . - F .. 60 64 her husband saies shee [ s ] nought 106 ...
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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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