Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... vnto his dame , 176 " temper your teltale bumm , for shame ! " which made her full of sorrow . 180 " Dame , " said the goodman , " goe thy way , for why , I sweare , by night nor day 8 thy geere is not to borrow . " Now afterwards , as ...
... vnto his dame , 176 " temper your teltale bumm , for shame ! " which made her full of sorrow . 180 " Dame , " said the goodman , " goe thy way , for why , I sweare , by night nor day 8 thy geere is not to borrow . " Now afterwards , as ...
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... vnto the land , 8 212 he found where litle Iacke did stand , keeping his beasts alone . [ page 100. ] " Now , boy , " he sayd , " god giue thee shame ! what hast thou done to thy stepdame ? and asks him to beat the boy soundly . The ...
... vnto the land , 8 212 he found where litle Iacke did stand , keeping his beasts alone . [ page 100. ] " Now , boy , " he sayd , " god giue thee shame ! what hast thou done to thy stepdame ? and asks him to beat the boy soundly . The ...
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... is.-P. 6 frere . - P . 7 take him . . . then.-P. 8 mine head.-P. hey - go - beat . - P . Hey , to sport , play or gambol ; to kick about . Halliwell . - F . The goodman said vnto him thoe , " father ! . 20 FRYAR AND BOYE .
... is.-P. 6 frere . - P . 7 take him . . . then.-P. 8 mine head.-P. hey - go - beat . - P . Hey , to sport , play or gambol ; to kick about . Halliwell . - F . The goodman said vnto him thoe , " father ! . 20 FRYAR AND BOYE .
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... vnto him thoe , " father ! hadst thou beene murdered soe , it had beene ' deadly sine.2 " 304 The fryar to him made this replye , " the pipe did sound soe Merrilye that I cold never blin.3 " Now when it grew to almost night , 308 Iacke ...
... vnto him thoe , " father ! hadst thou beene murdered soe , it had beene ' deadly sine.2 " 304 The fryar to him made this replye , " the pipe did sound soe Merrilye that I cold never blin.3 " Now when it grew to almost night , 308 Iacke ...
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... vnto this plight now I am growne , I can , nor will , noe longer Lye alone.8 9 If dreames be true , then Ride I can ; I lacke nothing but a man , for tis onlye hee can ease my moane . I can , nor & c . 10 When daye11 is come , I wish ...
... vnto this plight now I am growne , I can , nor will , noe longer Lye alone.8 9 If dreames be true , then Ride I can ; I lacke nothing but a man , for tis onlye hee can ease my moane . I can , nor & c . 10 When daye11 is come , I wish ...
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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...