Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... yett yonder bird I meane to hitt , & giue her you I shall . " There sate a small birde in a5 bryar : Shoot , shoot , you wagg , " then sayd the fryer , " for that I long to see . " 6 232 Iacke hitt the bird vpon the head soe right that ...
... yett yonder bird I meane to hitt , & giue her you I shall . " There sate a small birde in a5 bryar : Shoot , shoot , you wagg , " then sayd the fryer , " for that I long to see . " 6 232 Iacke hitt the bird vpon the head soe right that ...
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... yett some gott many a fall . 400 " Thou cursed boy ! " cryed out the 10 fryar , 11 " heere I doe summon thee to appeare 12 beffore the Officiall ! " Looke thou be there on fryday next ; 404 Ile meet thee then , thou13 now perplext , for ...
... yett some gott many a fall . 400 " Thou cursed boy ! " cryed out the 10 fryar , 11 " heere I doe summon thee to appeare 12 beffore the Officiall ! " Looke thou be there on fryday next ; 404 Ile meet thee then , thou13 now perplext , for ...
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... yett a pipe trulye will make you dance & leape full hie & breake your hart at last . ” The Officiall replyd , " perdee ! 452 such a pipe faine wold 5 I see , & what mirth it can make . " " Now god forbidd ! " replyed the fryar , 6 ...
... yett a pipe trulye will make you dance & leape full hie & breake your hart at last . ” The Officiall replyd , " perdee ! 452 such a pipe faine wold 5 I see , & what mirth it can make . " " Now god forbidd ! " replyed the fryar , 6 ...
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... Yett thoe with this hee much was taken , Upon a sudden hee shifted his trencher , & soone 17 he spyed the Baude & Bacon 18 by which you may know 19 the devill is a wencher . 20 1 to his hole in the & c . - P . And bade him in.-W. ( or ...
... Yett thoe with this hee much was taken , Upon a sudden hee shifted his trencher , & soone 17 he spyed the Baude & Bacon 18 by which you may know 19 the devill is a wencher . 20 1 to his hole in the & c . - P . And bade him in.-W. ( or ...
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... yett 3 standing open the while , the sente of the vay [ pour 4 ] hee left behind hath since infected most part of the Ile . And this was tobbacco , the learned suppose , which both 7 in countrye , court and towne , 8 in the devills ...
... yett 3 standing open the while , the sente of the vay [ pour 4 ] hee left behind hath since infected most part of the Ile . And this was tobbacco , the learned suppose , which both 7 in countrye , court and towne , 8 in the devills ...
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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...