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If thou wilt thy cloaths strip off , And hereby lay them down , And at noon - day on
horse - back ride Stark naked through the town , They shall be free for evermore :
If thou wilt not do so , More liberty than now they have I never will bestow .
If thou wilt thy cloaths strip off , And hereby lay them down , And at noon - day on
horse - back ride Stark naked through the town , They shall be free for evermore :
If thou wilt not do so , More liberty than now they have I never will bestow .
Page 112
I loved her all my youth , But now am old , as you see ; Love liketh not the fallen
fruit , Nor the withered tree : For love is a careless child , And forgets promise past
; He is blind , he is deaf , when he list , And in faith never fast . For love is a great
...
I loved her all my youth , But now am old , as you see ; Love liketh not the fallen
fruit , Nor the withered tree : For love is a careless child , And forgets promise past
; He is blind , he is deaf , when he list , And in faith never fast . For love is a great
...
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And for Sir Launcelot's sake I have slain an hundred good knights , and as many I
have utterly maimed , that never after they might help themselves , and many
have died in my prison , and yet I have three score and four , and all shall be ...
And for Sir Launcelot's sake I have slain an hundred good knights , and as many I
have utterly maimed , that never after they might help themselves , and many
have died in my prison , and yet I have three score and four , and all shall be ...
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Contents
POLITICAL BALLADS PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND DURING | 11 |
A SELECTION OF LATIN STORIES | 28 |
THE KEEN OF THE SOUTH OF IRELAND | 46 |
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 30 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Percy Society Volume 30 of Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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