Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... tell me forth thy tale , & doe not let for this . " but is abruptly made ashamed and dumb . The friar tells of Jack's pipe , and raises the official's curiosity , The wiffe that feared another cracke , 440 stood mute , & neere a word ...
... tell me forth thy tale , & doe not let for this . " but is abruptly made ashamed and dumb . The friar tells of Jack's pipe , and raises the official's curiosity , The wiffe that feared another cracke , 440 stood mute , & neere a word ...
Page 33
... flourish at the end like another e.-F. 3 for , qu.-P. " What better time than now ? " " Be bold , " she says . 4 apt , meet , or fit.-P. ? MS . seene . - F . 5 which . - P . What was the result ? I'll not tell it . DULCINA . 33.
... flourish at the end like another e.-F. 3 for , qu.-P. " What better time than now ? " " Be bold , " she says . 4 apt , meet , or fit.-P. ? MS . seene . - F . 5 which . - P . What was the result ? I'll not tell it . DULCINA . 33.
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... tell it . 36 She said , " Go away ! " 40 But who knowes how agreed these loues ? Shee was fayre , & he was younge ; tounge may tell what eyes discouer ; Ioyes vnseene are neuer songe . did shee consent or he relent ? accepts he night ...
... tell it . 36 She said , " Go away ! " 40 But who knowes how agreed these loues ? Shee was fayre , & he was younge ; tounge may tell what eyes discouer ; Ioyes vnseene are neuer songe . did shee consent or he relent ? accepts he night ...
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... tell 3 then he had neuer seene sowce.4 9 Then , Carbonadoed 5 & cooket 6 with paynes , 7 was sett on a clouen sergeants face ; the sawce was made of his yeamans 10 braynes , that had beene beaten out with his owne mace . Tow roasted ...
... tell 3 then he had neuer seene sowce.4 9 Then , Carbonadoed 5 & cooket 6 with paynes , 7 was sett on a clouen sergeants face ; the sawce was made of his yeamans 10 braynes , that had beene beaten out with his owne mace . Tow roasted ...
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... tell you the French way to put off duns : your Land- lord , your Tailor , [ page 194. ] your Shoe- maker , your Land- lady , 3 Boots were formerly worn at Balls as Pumps now.-P. 4 currante . - P . current coin.-F. and your Lawyer . This ...
... tell you the French way to put off duns : your Land- lord , your Tailor , [ page 194. ] your Shoe- maker , your Land- lady , 3 Boots were formerly worn at Balls as Pumps now.-P. 4 currante . - P . current coin.-F. and your Lawyer . This ...
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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...