Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... haue broke a stone . " ffull curstlye2 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 ...
... haue broke a stone . " ffull curstlye2 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 ...
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... haue litle witt , 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 ...
... haue litle witt , 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 ...
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... haue mirth enoughe & glee till you bidd me bee still . " With that his pipe he quicklye sent , 344 & pipt , the whilest in verament each creature gan to dance ; 348 Lightly the scikipt & leapt about , yarking5 in their leggs , now in ...
... haue mirth enoughe & glee till you bidd me bee still . " With that his pipe he quicklye sent , 344 & pipt , the whilest in verament each creature gan to dance ; 348 Lightly the scikipt & leapt about , yarking5 in their leggs , now in ...
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... hauing noe power to stay , 372 And in their hast they 5 dore did cracke , eche tumbling over his ffellows backe vnmindfull of their way . The Neighbors that were dwelling by , hearing the pipe soe Merrilye , came dancing to the gate ...
... hauing noe power to stay , 372 And in their hast they 5 dore did cracke , eche tumbling over his ffellows backe vnmindfull of their way . The Neighbors that were dwelling by , hearing the pipe soe Merrilye , came dancing to the gate ...
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... haue brought a wicked boy to thee , hath done me mightye woe ; " He is a wiche , as I doe feare , 428 in Orleance7 he can find noe peere , this of my troth I know . " 1 frere . - P . 2 Phillips defines an Official , " In the Canon Law ...
... haue brought a wicked boy to thee , hath done me mightye woe ; " He is a wiche , as I doe feare , 428 in Orleance7 he can find noe peere , this of my troth I know . " 1 frere . - P . 2 Phillips defines an Official , " In the Canon Law ...
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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...