Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... shee thought lost , by the roode , which to the boy did anye good , 5 as either meate or drinke ; And yet I - wis it was but badde , 20 nor halfe enouge therof he hade , but euermore the worst ; 24 And therfore euill might shee fare ...
... shee thought lost , by the roode , which to the boy did anye good , 5 as either meate or drinke ; And yet I - wis it was but badde , 20 nor halfe enouge therof he hade , but euermore the worst ; 24 And therfore euill might shee fare ...
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... shee wishes poyson it might bee , 120 and stares me in the face : Now when shee gazeth on me soe , I wold shee might a rapp2 let goe that might ring through the place . " The old man answered then anon , " when - ere3 shee lookes thy ...
... shee wishes poyson it might bee , 120 and stares me in the face : Now when shee gazeth on me soe , I wold shee might a rapp2 let goe that might ring through the place . " The old man answered then anon , " when - ere3 shee lookes thy ...
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... shee stared 13 him in the face : 160 with that shee let goe such a blast that made 14 the people all agast , itt sounded 15 through the place ; Each one laught & made 16 good game , 164 but the curst wife grew red for shame & wisht shee ...
... shee stared 13 him in the face : 160 with that shee let goe such a blast that made 14 the people all agast , itt sounded 15 through the place ; Each one laught & made 16 good game , 164 but the curst wife grew red for shame & wisht shee ...
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... shee lookt on him tho : that looke another cracke3 lett goe which did a thunder1 rise . 172 Quoth the boy , " did " you euer see a woman let her pelletts flee ( 6 More thicke & more at ease ? ffye ! " said the boy vnto his dame , 176 ...
... shee lookt on him tho : that looke another cracke3 lett goe which did a thunder1 rise . 172 Quoth the boy , " did " you euer see a woman let her pelletts flee ( 6 More thicke & more at ease ? ffye ! " said the boy vnto his dame , 176 ...
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... shee , " I smell . " 200 " but , " quoth the fryar , " Ile beat him well ! of that take you noe care ; 204 Ile teach him witchcraft , if I may . " " O , " quoth the wiffe , " doe soe , I pray , lay on & doe not spare . ” Early next ...
... shee , " I smell . " 200 " but , " quoth the fryar , " Ile beat him well ! of that take you noe care ; 204 Ile teach him witchcraft , if I may . " " O , " quoth the wiffe , " doe soe , I pray , lay on & doe not spare . ” Early next ...
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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...