Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... Somer's personal appearance is given by Armin . " Leane he was , hollow - eyde , as all report , And stoop he did , too ; yet in all the court Few men were more belov'd then was this foole Whose merry prate kept with the king much rule ...
... Somer's personal appearance is given by Armin . " Leane he was , hollow - eyde , as all report , And stoop he did , too ; yet in all the court Few men were more belov'd then was this foole Whose merry prate kept with the king much rule ...
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... Somer ys a sot . ] The old signification of the term sot was equivalent to fool , and is explained in the present dialogue , p . 2 , where the sot is described as the natural fool , or idiot . But the term is not fairly applied to Somer ...
... Somer ys a sot . ] The old signification of the term sot was equivalent to fool , and is explained in the present dialogue , p . 2 , where the sot is described as the natural fool , or idiot . But the term is not fairly applied to Somer ...
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... somer shalbe fayre and drye ; By kynde skylle , wythowtyn lesse , Throwe alle londes shalbe peas , And good tyme all thynges to don ; But he that stelythe , he shalbe fownde sone ; Whate chylde that day borne be , A grete lorde he ...
... somer shalbe fayre and drye ; By kynde skylle , wythowtyn lesse , Throwe alle londes shalbe peas , And good tyme all thynges to don ; But he that stelythe , he shalbe fownde sone ; Whate chylde that day borne be , A grete lorde he ...
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agayne anon Bessie Bessye betwene brynge Candlemas countrey cowntrye dede devyll doth Earle of Derbye Earle Richmond eche England fair father Stanley fayth Frere fyre fyrst gold graunt gyve hart hast hath Heywood Humfrey Breerton Humphrey Brereton JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL JEROME JOHN HEYWOOD King Richard kynde Kynge lady lett loke London Lord Strange Lover loved lover nor loved Mary mayster merry Mery mules three myght never night nyghte Pardo Percy Society play plesewrs pray praye proverb prynce rain schall seae shalbe shee shyne Sir John Savage Sir William Stanley Somer sonne sott soule staind sweet syns tell thee theyr thou shalt thowsand thyngs thynk truely twayne tyme Vertue weather whyche whyt wind wolde words wyfe wyll wynde wyse wytt wyttles wytty yere yf ye Yule