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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... vayne , then is their reason lost ; Then lurke they in corners for a month or twayne , For wo that their labour and prayer was in vayne . Some with their princes so stande in favour , That they may advaunce their kinred to honour , But ...
... vayne , then is their reason lost ; Then lurke they in corners for a month or twayne , For wo that their labour and prayer was in vayne . Some with their princes so stande in favour , That they may advaunce their kinred to honour , But ...
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... vayne honours , Capytaynes , souldyours , and all lyke company , Whiche put for money theyr lyfe in jeopardy , These dwell not uplande , but haunteth the cyte . Pore herdes fyght not , but for necessyte , For lyberte , lyfe , and ...
... vayne honours , Capytaynes , souldyours , and all lyke company , Whiche put for money theyr lyfe in jeopardy , These dwell not uplande , but haunteth the cyte . Pore herdes fyght not , but for necessyte , For lyberte , lyfe , and ...
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... vayne stypende agayne a mortall darte ! By thousande peryllys thou takest thy passage , For a small lucre rennynge to grete dammage . Theyr swete lyfe they gyve for a poore stypende , And ofte lese they bothe , and heven at the ende ...
... vayne stypende agayne a mortall darte ! By thousande peryllys thou takest thy passage , For a small lucre rennynge to grete dammage . Theyr swete lyfe they gyve for a poore stypende , And ofte lese they bothe , and heven at the ende ...
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