Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... thing . " 316 " ffather , " he said , " now by my birthe , 320 324 I plaide him but a fitt of Mirth & pipet him vp a spring . " " That pipe , " said his father , " wold I heare . " 8 66 now god forbidd ! " cryed out the fryar9 ; his ...
... thing . " 316 " ffather , " he said , " now by my birthe , 320 324 I plaide him but a fitt of Mirth & pipet him vp a spring . " " That pipe , " said his father , " wold I heare . " 8 66 now god forbidd ! " cryed out the fryar9 ; his ...
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... thing forbidden . It is the care that makes the theft ; none loues the thing forsaken ; the bold & willinge whore is left when the modest wench is taken . [ page 105. ] Shee dulle that is 2 too forwards bent ; not good , but want , is ...
... thing forbidden . It is the care that makes the theft ; none loues the thing forsaken ; the bold & willinge whore is left when the modest wench is taken . [ page 105. ] Shee dulle that is 2 too forwards bent ; not good , but want , is ...
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... thing else he 14 doth 15 not loue , preserue & send our gracious king 16 such meate as he loues , I beseeche god aboue ! 13 12 16 20 The Mode of ffrance . [ Page. Then the Devil breaks wind , 84 and the stink of that 88 is the Tobacco ...
... thing else he 14 doth 15 not loue , preserue & send our gracious king 16 such meate as he loues , I beseeche god aboue ! 13 12 16 20 The Mode of ffrance . [ Page. Then the Devil breaks wind , 84 and the stink of that 88 is the Tobacco ...
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... things be free , in faith youle vndoe me if a teltale you bee . " Then heeres my hart ! Ile euer endeuer that wee will neuer part till death assignes the time . were itt not you , beleeue me it wold greeue m [ e ] to doo what I doo ...
... things be free , in faith youle vndoe me if a teltale you bee . " Then heeres my hart ! Ile euer endeuer that wee will neuer part till death assignes the time . were itt not you , beleeue me it wold greeue m [ e ] to doo what I doo ...
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... things did goe . take heede for well they did see that it was he that did the old man wronge , & hee that brake the poore fryers head as he did lye alonge , that eate the Milke & creame & the pott of ffurmitree ; 196 yett , for to be ...
... things did goe . take heede for well they did see that it was he that did the old man wronge , & hee that brake the poore fryers head as he did lye alonge , that eate the Milke & creame & the pott of ffurmitree ; 196 yett , for to be ...
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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...