Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 22Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... common table clothes So vile and ragged that some his diner lothes ; Touche them , then shall they unto thy fingers cleve , And then muste thou wipe thy handes on thy sleve . So he which dayly fareth in this gise , Is so imbrued and ...
... common table clothes So vile and ragged that some his diner lothes ; Touche them , then shall they unto thy fingers cleve , And then muste thou wipe thy handes on thy sleve . So he which dayly fareth in this gise , Is so imbrued and ...
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... common in , if that thou lodge or lye , Thou never canst lay up thy gere so privily , But eyther it is stollen , or chaunged with a thought , And for a good thou haste a thing of nought . For some arrant thieves shall in the chamber lye ...
... common in , if that thou lodge or lye , Thou never canst lay up thy gere so privily , But eyther it is stollen , or chaunged with a thought , And for a good thou haste a thing of nought . For some arrant thieves shall in the chamber lye ...
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... common sentiment in former times , and warnings against them were frequent in all ways . Upon one of the tiles in the Abbey Church at Great Malvern , Worcestershire , is this curious inscription : - " Thenke mon thi liffe Mai not ever ...
... common sentiment in former times , and warnings against them were frequent in all ways . Upon one of the tiles in the Abbey Church at Great Malvern , Worcestershire , is this curious inscription : - " Thenke mon thi liffe Mai not ever ...
Contents
CONTENTS OF VOL | xxii |
AN INTERLUDE OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS | 1 |
INTERLUDE OF THE DISOBEDIENT CHILD | |
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agayne alwayes Amyntas awaye brynge callyd cause chese Codrus connynge Coridon Cornix Countess of Devonshire court courtiers cyte daunce daye death doth dryve dyvers Earl Earl of Warwick eche eclogue father Faustus fayre folowe FREDERICK WILLIAM FAIRHOLT fynde fyre fyrste grete gyve hath heare honour husband JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL JAMES PRIOR kepe knowe labour Lady Warwick live Lord lyfe lyke lyve lyvynge maner married maye mayst mery Minalcas misery myddes myght mynde myne nere never nothynge nought payne Percy Society playne pleasaunt pleasure poynt praye Rich ryches ryght sayde saye servauntes shalt thou shee shewed shulde sonne stryfe styll swete tell thee therfore therof theyr thing thou art thou hast thyne thynge thynke Tyll tyme unto vayne waye whan whyle wife wolde woman words wretched wyfe wyll wyse yerth yonge