Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Songs and carols ... of the fifteenth centuryPercy Society, 1848 - English literature |
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... kyng of my3t , The fend to fleme and all hys ; Thus the feend ys put to flygt , And all his boost abatyd ys . Sythyn yt is we wele we do , For ther ys non but one of two , Hevyn to gete or hevyn for - go , Oder men non ther ys ; I ...
... kyng of my3t , The fend to fleme and all hys ; Thus the feend ys put to flygt , And all his boost abatyd ys . Sythyn yt is we wele we do , For ther ys non but one of two , Hevyn to gete or hevyn for - go , Oder men non ther ys ; I ...
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... kyng veray ; But nevertheles I wyl not se3 To syng , by by , lullay . The chyld than spak in hys talkyng , and to hys moder sayd , I bekydde am kyng in crybbe thar I be layd . For aungeiles bryzt Done to me lyzt , Thou knowest 12 SONGS ...
... kyng veray ; But nevertheles I wyl not se3 To syng , by by , lullay . The chyld than spak in hys talkyng , and to hys moder sayd , I bekydde am kyng in crybbe thar I be layd . For aungeiles bryzt Done to me lyzt , Thou knowest 12 SONGS ...
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... kyng , why art thou layd in stall ? Why ne thou ordende thi beddyng in sum gret kynges hall ? Me thynkyth it is ryzt , That kyng or knyght Shuld ly in good aray ; And than among It wer no wrong To syng , by by , lullay . Mary moder , I ...
... kyng , why art thou layd in stall ? Why ne thou ordende thi beddyng in sum gret kynges hall ? Me thynkyth it is ryzt , That kyng or knyght Shuld ly in good aray ; And than among It wer no wrong To syng , by by , lullay . Mary moder , I ...
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... kyng thei 3effe hym gold so redd ; Myrre and sense to hys manhedd ; Of hyr offryng thus we redde , With aye , Aye , aye , I dar well say , Thei worshepyd hyme on the xij . day . Mary moder , maydyn myld , To the we cry , to the we call ...
... kyng thei 3effe hym gold so redd ; Myrre and sense to hys manhedd ; Of hyr offryng thus we redde , With aye , Aye , aye , I dar well say , Thei worshepyd hyme on the xij . day . Mary moder , maydyn myld , To the we cry , to the we call ...
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... kyng of blys thi fader ys , As it was hys wyll . This endrys nyзt I saw a sy3th , A mayd a cradyll kepe , And ever she song and seyd among , Lullay , my chyld , and slepe . I may not slep , but I may wepe , I am so wo begone ; Slep I ...
... kyng of blys thi fader ys , As it was hys wyll . This endrys nyзt I saw a sy3th , A mayd a cradyll kepe , And ever she song and seyd among , Lullay , my chyld , and slepe . I may not slep , but I may wepe , I am so wo begone ; Slep I ...
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Page 31 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Page 32 - I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee...
Page lx - The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again, The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair.
Page 33 - Brother, 1640 (acted 1616?). rjRINK to-day, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it to-morrow : Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.
Page 69 - Whittington, which was pretty to see ; and how that idle thing do work upon people that see it, and even myself too ! And thence to Jacob Hall's dancing on the ropes, where I saw such action as I never saw before, and mightily worth seeing ; and here took acquaintance with a fellow that carried...
Page 62 - And he that will this health deny, Down among the dead men let him die. May love and wine their rites maintain, And their united pleasures reign, While Bacchus...
Page 67 - ... stage might be as much infested with mice, as the prince of the island was before the cat's arrival upon it; for which reason he would not permit it to be acted in his house. And indeed I cannot blame him : for, as he said very well upon that occasion, I do not hear that any of the performers in our opera pretend to equal the famous pied piper*, who made all the mice of a great town in Germany follow his...
Page 67 - Eich, the proprietor of the playhouse, very prudently considered, that it would be impossible for the cat to kill them all...
Page xxvii - Ye shall have rumney and malmesyne, Both ypocrasse, and vernage wyne, Mount rose and wyne of Greke, Both algrade, and respice eke, Antioche, and bastarde, Pyment also, and garnarde, Wyne of Greke, and muscadell, Both clare, pyment, and Rochell; The reed your stomake to defye, And pottes of Osey set you by.
Page 82 - Good dame, here at your door Our wassel we begin, We are all maidens poor, We pray now let us in, With our wassel. Our wassel we do fill With apples and with spice, Then grant us your good will To taste here once or twice Of our good wassel.