Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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Page 33
... shee sayes " forgoe me now , come to me soone . " But in vayne shee did coniure him " Go away . " to depart her ... quoth hee , more easilye then the moone . " 66 " In Venus playes be bold , " shee sayes , " fforgoe me & c . " 1 to say ...
... shee sayes " forgoe me now , come to me soone . " But in vayne shee did coniure him " Go away . " to depart her ... quoth hee , more easilye then the moone . " 66 " In Venus playes be bold , " shee sayes , " fforgoe me & c . " 1 to say ...
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... quoth shee , " if they had seene itt ! my Buttocckes thé lye to lowe : I wisht appocrypha were in itt ! " " but ... quoth shee , " youle spoyle the leaues ; 20 20 my peticoates all Myred ! She does . 24 She gives him a 28 shilling , and ...
... quoth shee , " if they had seene itt ! my Buttocckes thé lye to lowe : I wisht appocrypha were in itt ! " " but ... quoth shee , " youle spoyle the leaues ; 20 20 my peticoates all Myred ! She does . 24 She gives him a 28 shilling , and ...
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... shee was hooary . To these an ouer worne1o justice of 11 peace , 12 With a ... quoth hee , " how his bellye rumbles ! " & then with his pawe , that was a ... shee.-P. 10 overgrown . - W . 11 gizzard . - P . Gyserne ( of fowles ) idem quod ...
... shee was hooary . To these an ouer worne1o justice of 11 peace , 12 With a ... quoth hee , " how his bellye rumbles ! " & then with his pawe , that was a ... shee.-P. 10 overgrown . - W . 11 gizzard . - P . Gyserne ( of fowles ) idem quod ...
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... shee lay drooping , hye ; the man he lay whopping , hey , the man he lay whopping hoe . Thus talking & walking thé ... quoth shee ; " gett vp againe , Billy , if that thou louest me ; yett still he Lay , & c . He tickled her , she kissed ...
... shee lay drooping , hye ; the man he lay whopping , hey , the man he lay whopping hoe . Thus talking & walking thé ... quoth shee ; " gett vp againe , Billy , if that thou louest me ; yett still he Lay , & c . He tickled her , she kissed ...
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... shee , " at the wedding there will bee my vnckle Iohn , & my cozen Gylee , 1 ... Quoth he , " thou drabb ! thou filthy Queane ! thy councell likes me not ... quoth shee , " Misdoubt not of me ! I speake it for the best ! yet doe as you ...
... shee , " at the wedding there will bee my vnckle Iohn , & my cozen Gylee , 1 ... Quoth he , " thou drabb ! thou filthy Queane ! thy councell likes me not ... quoth shee , " Misdoubt not of me ! I speake it for the best ! yet doe as you ...
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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...