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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... ( quoth she ) for my charitie toward a poore distressed woman ? And is this thy thankes thou givest mee for all my care which I have had of thy old and crazed carkasse ? I see it is : therefore will I live no longer , but presently will ...
... ( quoth she ) for my charitie toward a poore distressed woman ? And is this thy thankes thou givest mee for all my care which I have had of thy old and crazed carkasse ? I see it is : therefore will I live no longer , but presently will ...
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... ( quoth the fishwife of Brainford ) this was a wench worth talking of ; she deserveth as much praise as those women called Amazones , who out of a brave minde cut their husbands throates , and so made them- selves rulers of themselves ...
... ( quoth the fishwife of Brainford ) this was a wench worth talking of ; she deserveth as much praise as those women called Amazones , who out of a brave minde cut their husbands throates , and so made them- selves rulers of themselves ...
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... ( quoth this fishwife ) if this lady bee not as much praiseworthy for her wit , as the other was for her honestie ? Most of them confirmed her argument to be sound , and the rest confirmed it by their silence . Then the last fishwife ...
... ( quoth this fishwife ) if this lady bee not as much praiseworthy for her wit , as the other was for her honestie ? Most of them confirmed her argument to be sound , and the rest confirmed it by their silence . Then the last fishwife ...
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