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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Page xlii
... thy minde thou mayst suspect and trowe * Bittern . + A young heron , from whence comes the corrupted proverb , " he can't tell a hawk from a handsaw ( heronshaw ) . " Him more in favour and in conceipt then thou . xlii.
... thy minde thou mayst suspect and trowe * Bittern . + A young heron , from whence comes the corrupted proverb , " he can't tell a hawk from a handsaw ( heronshaw ) . " Him more in favour and in conceipt then thou . xlii.
Page xlix
... proverb is sayde by men moste sage , That oft yonge courters be beggers in their age . Thus all those wretches which do the court frequent , Bring not to purpose their mindes nor intent ; But if their mindes and will were saciate , They ...
... proverb is sayde by men moste sage , That oft yonge courters be beggers in their age . Thus all those wretches which do the court frequent , Bring not to purpose their mindes nor intent ; But if their mindes and will were saciate , They ...
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... proverb which characterizes a fruitless search as " looking for a needle in a bottle of hay . " P. 26 , l . 19 , couthe : could , ed . 1570 . P. 26 , l . 20 , gestes to handle : gestes for to handle , ed . 1570 . P. 26 , 1. 21 , pretty ...
... proverb which characterizes a fruitless search as " looking for a needle in a bottle of hay . " P. 26 , l . 19 , couthe : could , ed . 1570 . P. 26 , l . 20 , gestes to handle : gestes for to handle , ed . 1570 . P. 26 , 1. 21 , pretty ...
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