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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... looke Count him a scoleon or els a greesy cooke . CORIDON . Yet Cornix , agayne all courting I defye , More clennes is kept within some hogges stye ; But yet , mate Cornix , all be not thus I wene , For some table clothes be kept white ...
... looke Count him a scoleon or els a greesy cooke . CORIDON . Yet Cornix , agayne all courting I defye , More clennes is kept within some hogges stye ; But yet , mate Cornix , all be not thus I wene , For some table clothes be kept white ...
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... a monster intreatable , Like Cerberus lying at gates infernall , To some men his looke is halfe intollerable , His shoulders large , for burthen strong and able , His body bristled , his necke mightie and stiffe , lxxi.
... a monster intreatable , Like Cerberus lying at gates infernall , To some men his looke is halfe intollerable , His shoulders large , for burthen strong and able , His body bristled , his necke mightie and stiffe , lxxi.
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... haire , A skin full faire ; A colour ruddy , And not muddy . A chin dimpled , Nose not pimpled ; She had a lip , Would make one skip To have a bit , So sweet was it ! Shee'd not lowre , And looke sowre ; Nor in WESTWARD FOR SMELTS . 57.
... haire , A skin full faire ; A colour ruddy , And not muddy . A chin dimpled , Nose not pimpled ; She had a lip , Would make one skip To have a bit , So sweet was it ! Shee'd not lowre , And looke sowre ; Nor in WESTWARD FOR SMELTS . 57.
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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